274:(RHA), and from 1934 was a substitute teacher for the Metropolitan School of Art. From 1924 to 1979, he exhibited with the RHA every year, with an average of 5 works annually. In 1931, he was elected an associate of the RHA, and a full member in 1933. MacGonigal produced rural landscapes, but also cityscapes, genre scenes based in both urban and rural settings, and historically or politically important subjects. Some of his paintings were included in
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