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Painting

# painting - Monday 25 March, 2013

Who Knew This post contains videos

9 celebrities with surprising art careers

Did you know that Pierce Brosnan and Tony Bennett were painters? Seriously.

# painting - Tuesday 19 February, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Dream Dreamers This post contains images

PICS: Have you ever wondered what children dream about?

Wonder no more – Sightsavers Ireland’s Junior Painter Awards has revealed all.

# painting - Sunday 3 February, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Hyper-real This post contains images

Can you believe that these portraits are NOT photographs?

These realistic-looking images produced by a young Spanish artist are so lifelike, you’ll forget that they are paintings.

# painting - Wednesday 23 January, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Quelle Surprise

Mystery masterpiece uncovered during renovations at Paris Ritz

No-one knows when the painting by Le Brun was installed in the hotel – but now it is to be auctioned off for charity.

# painting - Sunday 2 December, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Art

Facing the past: artist ‘honoured’ to have Adams portrait hung in London gallery

Conrad Atkinson reflects on his experience of visiting Northern Ireland during the Troubles, the peace process, and how his painting of the Sinn Féin leader will soon hang in London’s National Portrait Gallery.

# painting - Wednesday 22 August, 2012

Old lady decides to restore 19th century Spanish fresco…

…check out how it SHOULD have looked!

# painting - Monday 6 August, 2012

From TheJournal.ie London 2012 This post contains videos This post contains images

In pictures: Art in the Olympic Park

There’s not just sport to look at in the park, there’s art too.

# painting - Saturday 30 June, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Art Attack

Man charged over damage to Monet painting

The 1874 painting was seriously damaged in the attack.

# painting - Saturday 2 June, 2012

Artist imagines Incredible Hulk’s anatomy

If you have ever wondered what the real-life anatomy of the Incredible Hulk would be like, wonder no more. Someone has drawn it.

# painting - Friday 25 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie 9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Friday

Every morning, TheJournal.ie brings you the nine things you need to know as you kick off your day.

# painting - Thursday 24 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie In The Frame

Ireland’s Favourite Painting is announced… and it’s a romantic one

Hellelil and Hildebrand, The Meeting on the Turret Stairs by Frederic William Burton is named Ireland’s favourite painting in RTÉ show of Irish gallery masterpieces.

# painting - Monday 30 April, 2012

Titanic 3D “had no permission” to use Picasso painting

The inclusion of a Picasso image in the Titanic 3D re-release has angered the Picasso estate, which says James Cameron had no permission to include it.

# painting - Thursday 15 March, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Prettyvacant This post contains images

Ghost estates brought to book in post-Tiger exhibition

Art initiative PrettyvacanT Dublin is repurposing empty spaces for cultural purposes – its latest show responds to “post-Crash Ireland”.

# painting - Saturday 25 February, 2012

From TheJournal.ie GUERNICA

Picasso painting undergoes medical check

Picasso’s “Guernica” – one of the world’s most iconic paintings – is getting a full health check as it marks its 75th anniversary.

# painting - Tuesday 31 January, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Autism

Irish artist’s painting to appear on UN stamp for autism awareness

Autistic painter Colm Isherwood’s piece is one of just eight chosen for the World Autism Day collection.

# painting - Wednesday 18 January, 2012

# painting - Tuesday 20 December, 2011

Talent This post contains images

What will the future be like? Ireland’s kids have some ideas…

Over 5,000 Irish kids drew pictures of their idea of what the future will be like. Want to see?

# painting - Friday 9 December, 2011

From TheJournal.ie 3D

Ireland develops world’s first 3D surface anatomy guide

A team of artists, anatomists and engineers have proven that 3D is not just useful for blockbuster movies – it can stand in for “live models” too.

# painting - Wednesday 7 December, 2011

‘Lost’ Da Vinci fresco sparks row between art historians

A Da Vinci masterpiece is hoped to lie beneath a Florence mural but some art historians are outraged at the method being used to uncover it: drilling through the existing 16thC painting by Giorgio Vasari.

# painting - Friday 22 July, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Freud This post contains images

‘The greatest realist painter’: Lucian Freud dead at 88

Famous for his nude portraits of the likes of Kate Moss and his non-nude portrait of the Queen.

# painting - Tuesday 12 July, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Discovery

New Michelangelo work found in…Oxford?

An art scholar has claimed to have identified an unknown Michelangelo painting at the University of Oxford.

# painting - Wednesday 25 May, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Take 5

Take 5: Wednesday

5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.

# painting - Friday 13 May, 2011

From TheJournal.ie 9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Friday

Nine things you need to know by 9am: No debt forgiveness for struggling homeowners; NAMA gives a painting to the state (but holds onto an entire collection), and we know it hurts but – is childbirth really a “murderous” experience?

# painting - Monday 9 May, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Art Auction This post contains images

Would you go dotty over this print?

Damien Hirst ‘dot’ prints and Andy Warhols for sale in Cork auction this evening.

# painting - Monday 7 March, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Google Doodles

Doodling for Google rules, OK?

Six-year-old schoolgirl wins national doodling competition to have her drawing featured on internet search engine’s Irish homepage.

# painting - Wednesday 2 February, 2011

Picasso painting of muse and mistress expected to fetch up to £18m

The 1932 painting of Picasso’s young muse is due to go under the hammer at Sotheby’s in London next week.

# painting - Sunday 30 January, 2011

Titian masterpiece sells for record-breaking $16.8m at auction

The 450-year-old Renaissance work, which had not been seen before the run-up to the auction for 30 years, has broken the record for the artist’s work at auction.