Graham Knuttel was born in Dublin in 1954 and attended the Dun Laoghaire School of Art where he discovered his love for figurative, representational painting. He also worked as a sculptor for many years but he main success has been through his paintings.
Knuttel has won the Royal Canada Trust Award for young Sculptors (1976), he co-founded Wicklow Fine Art Press (1981) and in 2008 An Post released two Knuttel-designed stamps in commemoration of the Summer Olympics that took place that year.
His paintings are influenced by his early studies of Cezanne and Picasso through his handling of the lines and contours of his figures bodies and objects. The artist’s work can be found in public and private collections worldwide including the Swiss Bank Corporation, Allied Irish Banks, Goldman Sachs International and Saatchi & Saatchi London.
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