Reginald Gray was an Irish portrait artist. He studied at The National College of Art (1953) and then moved to London, becoming part of the School of London 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. 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.
Gray in 2011
Portrait of Doina by Reginald Gray. Paris, 2001. (egg tempera on canvas)
Portrait from life of Francis Bacon by Reginald Gray (National Portrait Gallery, London)
The Last Supper by Reginald Gray. Rouen, 1962.
Ronald Brooks Kitaj was an American artist who spent much of his life in England.
Kitaj in 1998