Masterpiece: Ireland's Favourite Painting - 17/04/12 - RTE 1 @ 10:15pm.

Lady Chatterton · 16-04-2012 10:17pm #1

Mike Murphy returns to our screens to present Masterpiece: Ireland's Favourite Painting. Mike will provide viewers with a comprehensive introduction to the shortlist of works put forward in the search for Ireland’s favourite painting.

Masterpiece: Ireland's Favourite Painting - The Shortlist

Communicating with Prisoners, Jack B. Yeats (The Model, Sligo)

Hellelil and Hildebrand, The Meeting on the Turret Stairs, Frederic Wiliam Burton (National Gallery)

A Family, Louis Le Brocquy (National Gallery)

Lady Writing a Letter, Johannes Vermeer (National Gallery)

The Eve of Saint Agnes, Harry Clarke (Hugh Lane/Crawford)

The Artist's Studio, Sir John Lavery (National Gallery, Ulster Museum)

A Convent Garden, Brittany, William John Leech (National Gallery)

Wall of Light Orange Yellow, Sean Scully (Hugh Lane)

A Connemara Village, Paul Henry (National Gallery/Connemara)

The Taking of Christ, Caravaggio (National Gallery)

From Tuesday April 17, members of the public will be able to vote for their favourite piece online at www.rte.ie/masterpiece or through the An Post Business Response Unit, free of charge, by sending a postcard to RTÉ's Freepost address.

The final winner will be announced on a special edition of RTÉ's The Works by President Michael D Higgins on May 24.

"Don't be intimidated by the fine buildings or the art jargon or the arty intelligentsia. Trust your own response, your own instincts. These are, after all, your paintings and, in these difficult times, they are a real source of delight and inspiration on your doorstep" - Mike Murphy

I've added a poll for a bit of fun

Glenbhoy · 16-04-2012 10:23pm

Ah yes, the lads in Donnybrook with their fingers on the pulse of the nation once again.

I vote for Constable's "The Haywain", of course mentions must go to Jack F Kennedy and 'The Pope', although, maybe we should just give it to the most popular and prevalent painting/print in the country (and to my shame, I have no idea who painted it in the first place) - The Sacred Heart;)

grey_so_what · 16-04-2012 10:26pm

Thanks for that MrsD007 - Enjoyed looking at those!.....I'll be going for the stained glass windows myself....:)

Lady Chatterton · 16-04-2012 10:28pm

grey_so_what wrote: »

Thanks for that MrsD007 - Enjoyed looking at those!.....I'll be going for the stained glass windows myself....:)

I've added a poll so that Boardsies can have their say

grey_so_what · 16-04-2012 10:33pm

Vote No. 1 cast....!!!.....:)

pconn062 · 16-04-2012 11:21pm

This seems interesting, it's just a shame RTE are giving it such a poor slot, it's too late. As usual they are afraid to take a risk and put it on earlier like all (or few) of their cultural shows.

FloatingVoter · 16-04-2012 11:27pm

Personally, it would be anything by Renoir or Chagall.

Favourite painting that ever fetched up in Ireland would be a more apt title.

baalthor · 16-04-2012 11:38pm

Glenbhoy wrote: »

Ah yes, the lads in Donnybrook with their fingers on the pulse of the nation once again.

I vote for Constable's "The Haywain", of course mentions must go to Jack F Kennedy and 'The Pope', although, maybe we should just give it to the most popular and prevalent painting/print in the country (and to my shame, I have no idea who painted it in the first place) - The Sacred Heart;)

Don't be ashamed

, from extensive Google searches it's probably by "leading religious artist Simeone" but otherwise I haven't been able to find out anything else about him/her/them?

http://www.amazon.com/Simeone-Framed-Art-16-20/dp/B003CUQP40

The version found in many Irish homes was supplied by NG Basevi

grey_so_what · 16-04-2012 11:46pm

Don't forget the little red light underneath!...;)

Skid · 17-04-2012 12:24pm

I do like the look of Harry Clarke's 'the Eve of St Agnes' (the stained glass window). I might go into to have a look at it in person in the Hugh Lane Gallery, it is not really best viewed via a Computer screen.

You can't fault young Caravaggio either, to be fair. He has to be a contender, but it would be nice to see an Irish artist win.

Lady Chatterton · 17-04-2012 12:35pm

For anyone who is interested, here is a link to the long list (100 nominations).

http://www.rte.ie/tv/masterpiece/shortlist100.html

Here is a little bit of info on the judges.

http://www.rte.ie/tv/masterpiece/judges.html

Skid · 17-04-2012 1:49pm

Mike Murphy will be a guest on George Hook's programme on Newstalk at 6pm, talking about this show

http://www.newstalk.ie/2012/featured-5-slideshow-homepage/michael-oleary-joins-george-on-the-right-hook/

Mike Murphy will also be popping in to tell George about his search for Ireland’s Favourite Painting and why he doesn’t expect a second chance with Bertie Ahern.

coylemj · 17-04-2012 4:45pm

They should have included Robert O'Byrne's accent in the list - a masterpeice of affectation!

Lady Chatterton · 17-04-2012 5:22pm

coylemj wrote: »

They should have included Robert O'Byrne's accent in the list - a masterpeice of affectation!

I haven't seen him on TV in a very long time, I remember he used to be a regular contributor to RTE's Head 2 Toe fashion programme. (It used to be presented by Barbara McMahon and Pat O'Mahoney).

coylemj · 17-04-2012 5:50pm

He used to be a journo in the Irish Times, then he drifted into writing columns and books on fluffy topics like manners and etiquette, now he's an art critic!

JonathanAnon · 17-04-2012 6:14pm

Can I just state that I voted but I have no idea about art.. I only voted cos the OP (who shall remain nameless) bullied me over pm into voting on the poll.

Lady Chatterton · 17-04-2012 6:28pm

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Can I just state that I voted but I have no idea about art.. I only voted cos the OP (who shall remain nameless) bullied me over pm into voting on the poll.

Jonny, I'm in a state of shock here :eek::eek::eek: I might have to "unfriend" you if you continue making scurrilous claims :mad::D

coylemj wrote: »

He used to be a journo in the Irish Times, then he drifted into writing columns and books on fluffy topics like manners and etiquette, now he's an art critic!

Oh dear, I own a copy of his book Mind your Manners

grey_so_what · 17-04-2012 6:46pm

Are we talking about that guy with the blond hair (bad perm) who, if i remember correctly, told us on radio how to behave quote "etiquette"and how to eat (in the correct order) with imagine! knives and forks on a table......

I'd rather eat the stained glass windows.........:(

Harry Angstrom · 17-04-2012 7:07pm

Paddy Power have opened a book on this:

A Connemara Village....................5/2
The Taking of Christ....................7/2
Communicating with Prisoners.......9/2
Lady Writing a Letter..................11/2
The Artist's Studio ....................13/2
A Convent Garden, Brittany..........8/1
The Eve of Saint Agnes...............9/1
The Meeting on the Turret Stairs...9/1
A Family..................................14/1
Wall of Light Orange Yellow.........20/1

I've had a bet on A Connemara Village as the audience on The Saturday Night Show voted it as their number one. Even though it's not much more than a chocolate box picture, if the audience on the SNS are indicative of the rest of the country's tastes, it's worth a bet.

Harry Angstrom · 17-04-2012 7:09pm

Robert O'Byrne was a guest on Podge And Rodge one night and they royally took the p!ss out of him.

grey_so_what · 17-04-2012 7:15pm

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Robert O'Bryne was a guest on Podge And Rodge one night and they royally took the p!ss out of him.

HA...So now I know who I'm talking about...Take the pee and spit him out in "shards" (thinks of windows)..........This guy is seriously involved with this?...

Laughing and crying simultaneously......:eek:

Harry Angstrom · 17-04-2012 7:38pm

grey_so_what wrote: »

HA...So now I know who I'm talking about...Take the pee and spit him out in "shards" (thinks of windows)..........This guy is seriously involved with this?...

Laughing and crying simultaneously......:eek:

The only thing is, Robert O'Byrne doesn't have blond hair. This is him:

grey_so_what · 17-04-2012 7:42pm

HA....I'm sure he had.........more yellow than blond (meow..).......

It may have been his wild and wicked youth?....

So we this is what we are destined to define (our..) the greatest masterpiece?.....

Over to Podge and Rodge.......:(

Judgement Day · 17-04-2012 7:48pm

Glad to see two of the great daubers of the Art World both on 0% - Jack B.Yeats and Sean Scully. Although Yeat's work is more intelligible that most of his later overpriced rubbish. Scully's looks like a Junior Infants school project but then I did vote for Paul Henry - he of a thousand railway posters.

Skid · 17-04-2012 10:17pm

It's Art time, hurray !

Stripey Cat · 17-04-2012 10:20pm

Why weren't the public alowed to pick the short list?

They had a hundred, and whittled it down to ten by some process.

Why couldn't they have opened the internet vote up on the hundred?

grey_so_what · 17-04-2012 10:21pm

I remember going to Kilmainham G on a school tour........and we never wondered why.....:(

Lady Chatterton · 17-04-2012 10:22pm

I went to Kilmainham Jail on my sixth class tour, they have a beautiful chapel in there. Grace Gifford and Joseph Mary Plunkett married in it.

Harry Angstrom · 17-04-2012 10:23pm

Stripey Cat wrote: »

Why weren't the public alowed to pick the short list?

They had a hundred, and whittled it down to ten by some process.

Why couldn't they have opened the internet vote up on the hundred?

Because we the public can't be trusted.

You're not Bobby Ballagh in disguise, are you?

Lady Chatterton · 17-04-2012 10:23pm

LOL

Grey, I'm just after seeing your post!!! Great minds and all that

Skid · 17-04-2012 10:24pm

Yeats had to explain that the Prisoners were Women, not Men.

At the risk of sounding naive, doesn't that mean he didn't paint them well enough (if no-one knew they were women?)

Masterpiece: Ireland's Favourite Painting - 17/04/12 - RTE 1 @ 10:15pm.

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