John Byrne was a Scottish artist and playwright. He was known for his paintings and printmaking, as well as album cover designs for bands such as The Beatles.Byrne was born in Paisley and grew up in the notorious Ferguslie Park housing scheme. In 1958 he attended the Glasgow School of Art and in his final year he was awarded the Bellahousten Award, the school's most prestigious painting prize. His painting career took off after he sent a small picture of a man in a panama hat to Mayfair’s…