Charles McAuley

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Charles (Charlie) McAuley (1910 – 1999) was an Irish painter. He was born in Gruig, Glenann, one of the nine Glens of Antrim. After a brief attendance at Belfast Technical College, he went on to become one of Northern Ireland's greatest landscape and figuritive painters with much of his skill being self taught.

Early in his life he was spotted by James H. Craig at a local Glens Feis who encouraged him and whose influence can be seen in much of his work. His paintings generally depicted the rivers, glens, mountains, seascapes and rural village people of the Glens of Antrim.^[1]

Chrles McAuley died on 30 September 1999. Many of his works can be found in private collections and at the Ulster Museum.

Charles was the uncle of BBC Northern Ireland broadcaster Tony McAuley.

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