Enda Bowe announced as winner of Zurich Portrait Prize 2019
(Artdaily.org)

A photograph portraying the emotional connection between a new parent and her baby has been revealed as the winner of the National Gallery of Ireland’s Zurich Portrait Prize. Cybil McCaddy with Daughter Lulu by Enda Bowe was announced as the winning portrait this evening at the Gallery. As well as a cash prize of €15,000, the artist will receive a commission worth €5,000 to produce a new work for the National Portrait Collection. Joe Dunne and Salvatore of Lucan received highly commended prizes to the sum of €1,500 for their respective portraits, And Their World of Far and Near Things and Lucy with 3 Hands and Me Holding onto her Leg. Enda Bowe’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, the Victoria & Albert Museum, London and the Red Hook Gallery, New York. His