Reginald Gray (artist)

Reginald Gray
Reginald Gray in 2011
Gray in 2011
Born1930 (1930)
Dublin, Irish Free State
Died29 March 2013(2013-03-29) (aged 82–83)
Paris, France
EducationCecil ffrench Salkeld. ARHA (1953–57)
Known forPortrait painter and theatre set designer
AwardsSandro Botticelli Prize. Florence, Italy (2004)
Websitehttp://www.artmajeur.com/grayportraits

Reginald Gray (1930 – 29 March 2013) was an Irish portrait artist.[1][2] He studied at The National College of Art (1953) and then moved to London, becoming part of the School of London[3] led by Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and Frank Auerbach. In 1960, he painted a portrait of Bacon which is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London.[2][4] He subsequently painted portraits from life of writers, musicians and artists such as Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, Brendan Behan, Garech Browne, Derry O'Sullivan, Alfred Schnittke, Ted Hughes, Rupert Everett and Yves Saint Laurent. In 1993 Gray had a retrospective exhibition at UNESCO Paris and in 2006, his portrait "The White Blouse" won the Sandro Botticelli Prize in Florence, Italy.[2][5]

  1. ^ 2015 Artmajeur Online Art Gallery/Reginald Gray. "Self-Portrait at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Paris". Artmajeur Online Art Gallery.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b c "Irish artist Reginald Gray dies in Paris". The Irish Times. 30 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Reginald Gray - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  4. ^ Reginald Gray page at the National Portrait Gallery
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Saatchi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).