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John Byrne (born
6 January 1940) is a
Scottish artist and
playwright.
Life and work
John Byrne as born in a
Catholic family in
Paisley. He grew up in the
Ferguslie Park housing scheme and was educated at the town's
St Mirin's Academy before attending
Glasgow School of Art from 1958 to 1963. From 1964 until 1966 he designed
jackets for
Penguin Books. Following unsuccessful experiences with
London galleries, he released a series of works from 1967 under the pseudonym of "Patrick", an alleged self-taught painter of "faux-naif" images. These works began to meet with some success and his painting career commenced.
He designed record covers for
The Beatles,
Gerry Rafferty and
Billy Connolly. Singer-songwriter Rafferty's song
Patrick is written about Byrne (the lyrics begin: "Patrick my primitive painter of art/You will always and ever be near to my heart"), and the pair co-wrote several songs together.
Byrne has written, designed and directed stage and screen productions, including
The Slab Boys (1978),
Scotch & Wry (1986),
Tutti Frutti (1987) and
Your Cheatin' Heart, but he remains primarily a visual artist.
Recently, he illustrated
Selected Stories by
James Kelman, winner of the 1994
Booker Prize. His work is held in major collections in Scotland and abroad. Several of his paintings hang in The
Scottish National Portrait Gallery in
Edinburgh, including portraits of
Robbie Coltrane,
Billy Connolly, his partner, actress
Tilda Swinton, and a self-portrait.
In 2004 he was made an associate of the
Royal Scottish Academy.
In 2006 Byrne was presented with an Honorary Doctorate from the
Robert Gordon University Gray's School of Art in
Aberdeen.
He lives in
Nairn with his long-term partner,
Academy Award winning
actress Tilda Swinton, and their two children Xavier and Honor Byrne.
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