Gerard Byrne
- January 10, 2024
- Artist
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Gerard Byrne Biography
| Name | Gerard Byrne |
| Birthday | Mar 29 |
| Birth Year | 1958 |
| Place Of Birth | Dublin |
| Birth Country | Ireland |
| Birth Sign | Aries |
Gerard Byrne is one of the most popular and richest Artist who was born on March 29, 1958 in Dublin, Ireland.
Byrne made an attempt to enter an art college but not having sufficient qualifications he got refused. Following his parents’ advice to get a “real job” he started an apprenticeship as an electrician. It led him to obtain his dream job: a lighthouse technician. Between 1978 and 1982 he mastered the trade but the innate curiosity made him move on in his life. He decided to leave a well paid pensionable post and in 1982 together with his best friend Fran organised a road trip to Australia in a vintage Volkswagen camper van. The two travelled across Europe but got stuck in Turkey when the visas to Iran had been refused due to the Iran–Iraq War. They made their way to Athens, sold the van in Greece and took a plane to Australia. The two hitchhiked around the continent and made their way to Darwin where both got jobs as flying electricians installing generators in aboriginal settlements. From Australia Gerard made his way back home via Asia, travelling through Indonesia, Burma, India and Russia mostly by train and then flew back from Moscow.
In early 1989 Gerard packed his paint and canvas into an old camper van and left for Germany. Passing through Checkpoint Charlie in East Berlin he encountered the underground movement whose members had offered him to become an artist in residence. It was a major breakthrough, he became a full-time artist. Seven months of working in the streets of Berlin, painting the local scenes and architecture resulted in a solo show of his works. An exhibition was organised under cover in a deteriorated, disused supermarket transformed for three weeks into an aesthetically pleasing art gallery called the People’s Gallery. Although the theme of works was not politically charged the event itself was an act of freedom, a statement of the love of art and against the state interfering in the freedom of expression. A few months later, in November 1989 the Berlin Wall came down. Gerard stayed in Berlin through the unification process and shared the liberation experience with his new German friends.
Gerard Byrne Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Artist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Gerard Byrne is one of the richest Artist from Ireland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gerard Byrne 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Gerard Byrne (born 29 March 1958 in Dublin) is an Irish figurative painter. His artwork encompasses various themes from landscapes and architecture painted both in his native Ireland and on foreign travels, through still life to the floral and figurative works.
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Gianluca Ranked on the list of most popular Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ireland. Gerard Byrne celebrates birthday on March 29 of every year.