An artist who won a commission to paint a portrait of graham norton for a national display has discovered he is the tv presenter's third cousin. Speaking after the winner was announced, reid, who lives in glasgow, said: But graham norton was the star of the show on monday night as he arrived in dublin to view his first portrait in the national gallery of ireland alongside his proud mother rhoda walker.
Portrait of Graham Norton / Gareth Reid
Graham norton has joked that he is embarrassed for ireland after discovering that the artist who won a commission to paint a portrait of him which will go on display in the national gallery of.
Graham is being very modest about it all.
This newfound fluidity is a testament to the revised layout, which now includes a dedicated space to house the portrait collection, upstairs in the dargan wing. The results were announced last night with belfast man gareth reid taking home title, and the prize, €11,000 and the task of painting a massive portrait of graham norton to hang in the prestigious national gallery of ireland. Reid won the £10,000 commission by becoming sky. Morgan o’driscoll’s sale is on view all weekend, writes des o’sullivan
Gareth reid is sky arts portrait artist of the year 2017.
A new rte documentary has shown graham norton’s mother rhonda's less than complimentary reaction to the unveiling of her son’s portrait in the national gallery of ireland. Sky broadcast two programmes back. The first part was taken up with finishing the portrait of graham norton for the national gallery of ireland and preparing for/sweating over the transmission of the sky arts show. It goes on display today.
Gareth reid (b.1974, belfast), graham norton (b.1963), broadcaster, comedian, actor and writer, 2017 oil on canvas, 137 x 107cm.
These works date back several centuries, with the newest additions including gareth reid’s painting of graham norton and gary hynes’ sculpture of artist vera klute. His pieces have been shown in scotland, ireland, england and germany, featuring in both private and public collections in europe and the us. The contestants paint celebrity sitters including sue perkins, richard e grant, nina sosanya, james norton, raleigh ritchie and lesley manville. ‘i still can’t quite take in the chances of me, out of all the people who entered, getting the opportunity to.
Portrait goes on display in the gallery from wednesday march 15th, 2017.
The national gallery of ireland is very pleased to announce its latest addition to the national portrait collection: Fake art at the national gallery.mp4 The oil on canvas, 137 x 107cm, was a gift to the national gallery of ireland from storyvault films/sky arts (picture: Portrait of graham norton pic:
Gareth reid's portrait of graham norton.
@skyarts #portraitartistoftheyear @cassart @grahnort @ngireland pic.twitter.com/55t5p3tduu The middle felt like it was almost entirely admin, replying to. © national gallery of ireland) “my dad knew there was some connection a while back but only decided to tell me about a week after the final when we were in kerry together, gareth said. Gareth beat 54 artists from the uk and abroad to win the hit show, which is presented by tv personality and comedian frank skinner alongside.
