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Graham Knuttel (b.1954) Too Many Cookssigned lower right
oil on canvas
91.5 x 153cm (36 x 60in)
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist
Private Collection
€4,000-6,000 (£3,125-4,687)
Graham Knuttel was born in Dublin in 1954. He studied art at Dun Laoghaire College of Art Design and Technology and was
initially known for his sculptures and collaborated with Viscount Linley on a chess board, Knuttel making the figures. This was a
limited edition and is sold out. He also designed pottery for Tipperary crystal but Knuttel is best known for his paintings. Having
always had an interest in figurative work in the portrayal of the human condition Knuttel says” I was attracted to the life drawing
room where I was determined to develop the skills as a figurative painter. I found myself to be an intuitive painter. I had little pa-
tience for the intellectual processes and conclusions involved with abstract and conceptual art. For me, to paint what I saw or felt or
imagined around me should be a simple affair, painted from the gut”
Knuttel’s bold use of colour and form and the narrative tensions which wind their way through all his work, makes him a true story
teller. His works are instantly recognisable, making him one of Irelands most popular and collectable living artists of our time. Col-
lections: Colin Farrell, Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, Eddie Jordan and Michael Stipe.
Here in “Too Many Cooks” Graham shows his bold use of colour and form creating tension in the kitchen and the restaurant man-
ager calming the atmosphere. With just a few strokes Graham can tell it as it is displaying his genius at story telling and his gift in
showing the different characters.