{{short description|British artist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=October 2010}} {{External links|date=October 2020}} }} '''Anne Magill''' (born in Millisle, Northern Ireland) is a painter who now lives and works in Brighton, England.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2010-12-16 |title=anne magill |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/theatre-arts/anne-magill/28576478.html |access-date=2024-03-30 |work=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>
==Biography==
Born in Northern Ireland, Magill studied a foundation course at Liverpool Polytechnic before moving to London to study at St. Martins School of Art between 1981 and 1984.<ref name="BuckmanVol2">{{cite book|author=David Buckman|publisher=Art Dictionaries Ltd|year=2006|title=Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 2, M to Z |isbn=0-953260-95-X}}</ref> She subsequently became an illustrator, working for magazine and publishing houses, design and ad agencies. Her newspaper clients included ''The Sunday Times'', ''The Observer'' and ''Today''.<ref name="BuckmanVol2" /> Magill worked as a courtroom artist for both the BBC and for ITN.<ref name="BuckmanVol2" /> Her commercial clients have included British Airways, Marks & Spencer, Nike, Levi Strauss, Heineken, Canary Wharf, Saatchi & Saatchi and The Body Shop.<ref name="BuckmanVol2" /> She is a past winner of the Benson & Hedges Illustration Awards. Her first solo exhibition was in 1992 and since then she has regularly exhibited in London galleries as well as showing in Europe, the United States and Ireland.
== Philanthropy == In March 2010 Magill donated a painting, "Still", to the THT Media release in aid of the Terence Higgins Trust. The painting is one of a series of studies of performers preparing to go on stage which was featured in Magill's exhibition, ''Journeys''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tht.org.uk/mediacentre/pressreleases/2010/march/march24a.htm |title="Celebrities battle it out at THT's Lighthouse Gala Auction", 24 March 2010. |access-date=2 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716055541/http://www.tht.org.uk/mediacentre/pressreleases/2010/march/march24a.htm |archive-date=16 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In October 2010, Magill participated in the British Airways "Save the Postcard" campaign.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bahighlife.com/competitions-and-offers/celebrity-postcard-auction.html |title=Celebrity Postcard Auction |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101021030910/http://www.bahighlife.com/competitions-and-offers/celebrity-postcard-auction.html |archive-date=October 21, 2010 }}</ref>
In April 2011, Magill contributed a piece of work to the Harestyling exhibition to raise funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harestyling - original art raising funds for great ormond Street Hospital, 16.04.11-08.05.11 |url=http://www.heart-break.co.uk/2010/11/harestyling-original-art-raising-funds-for-great-ormond-street-hospital/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829084521/http://www.heart-break.co.uk/2010/11/harestyling-original-art-raising-funds-for-great-ormond-street-hospital/ |archive-date=29 August 2011 |access-date=30 August 2011}}</ref> Her piece was later auctioned at a celebrity ball for over £2000.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.heart-break.co.uk/2010/11/anne-magill-2/ |title=Daybreak by Anne Magill |access-date=30 August 2011 |archive-date=28 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328200912/http://www.heart-break.co.uk/2010/11/anne-magill-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In December 2011, Magill donated the painting "Just Before Midnight" to the Cinderella Ball Auction to raise funds for the Muir Maxwell Trust.
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [http://www.annemagill.com Anne Magill website] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3m-J8b0trg Artist Anne Magill tells us about the inspirations for her figurative paintings at her stand at Art London. http://www.artlondon.net/ Art London].
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