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Henry Ryland (1856–1924) was a British painter, book illustrator, decorator and designer. He was the son of John Benjamin and Elizabeth Ryland and was born in Biggleswade, 
Although he did paint in oils, he specialized in highly finished
File:Henry Ryland - The Captive s Return.jpg, ''The Captives Return'', circa 1890
File:2011 CSK 06171 0483 000(henry ryland ri an allegory of spring).jpg, ''An Allegory of Spring''
File:Ryland summer.jpg, ''Summer'', 1890
File:Ryland rachel.jpg, ''Rachel at the Well'', 1890
File:Henry Ryland - Asphodel.jpg, ''Asphodel''
File:Henry Ryland - Campaspe.jpg, ''Campaspe''
Henry Ryland (1856–1924) was a British painter, book illustrator, decorator and designer. He was the son of John Benjamin and Elizabeth Ryland and was born in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire (; abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England. The county has been administered by three unitary authorities, Borough of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Borough of Luton, since Bedfordshire County Council wa ...
in 1856.
He studied in London at the South Kensington Art School, and at Heatherley's. He also studied in Paris under Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant
Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (also known as Benjamin-Constant), born Jean-Joseph Constant (10 June 1845 – 26 May 1902), was a French painter and etcher best known for his Oriental subjects and portraits.
Biography
Benjamin-Constant was bor ...
, and at the Académie Julian
The Académie Julian () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907) that was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number a ...
under Gustave Boulanger
Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger (25 April 1824 – 22 September 1888) was a French figurative painter and academic artist and teacher known for his Classical and Orientalist subjects.
Education and career The Néo-Grecs and the Prix de Rom ...
and Lefebvre Lefebvre () is a common northern French surname. Other variations include Lefèbvre, Lefèvre, Lefeuvre (western France) and Lefébure (northern France and Normandy).
In the Occitan and Arpitan extension area, the variation is Fabre, Favre, Faure ...
.
He exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery
The Grosvenor Gallery was an art gallery in London founded in 1877 by Sir Coutts Lindsay and his wife Blanche. Its first directors were J. Comyns Carr and Charles Hallé. The gallery proved crucial to the Aesthetic Movement because it provided ...
, and from 1890 at the Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its pur ...
. He also was a regular exhibiter at the New Gallery and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours
The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI), initially called the New Society of Painters in Water Colours, is one of the societies in the Federation of British Artists, based in the Mall Galleries in London.
History
In 1831 the so ...
(formerly the New Society of Painters in Water Colours). He became a full member of the latter institution.
Although he did paint in oils, he specialized in highly finished watercolour
Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (British English; see spelling differences), also ''aquarelle'' (; from Italian diminutive of Latin ''aqua'' "water"), is a painting method”Watercolor may be as old as art itself, going back to t ...
paintings containing images of young women in classical draperies on marble terraces. Subjects of this type were popularized by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Albert Moore and J. W. Godward. Unlike Moore he rarely painted nudes. His watercolours were widely reproduced as prints.
Ryland also designed stained glass and his woodcuts were used in a number of magazines, including '' the English Illustrated Magazine'' in the 1880s and 1890s.
In 1901 he married Mabel Louise Mann and had one son and one daughter. In 1911 he was living at 32 Fairfax Road, Bedford Park, London, according to ''Who's Who
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''. He died on 23 November 1924.
Influences and style
Ryland's style mixed themes and subjects from the very different spheres of the Neo-Classical andPre-Raphaelite
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (later known as the Pre-Raphaelites) was a group of English painters, poets, and art critics, founded in 1848 by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Michael Rossetti, James ...
movements. His influences include Puvis de Chavanne and Alma-Tadema. Ryland is recognised as the foremost of the neo-classical painters working in watercolour, and is frequently exhibited at the Royal Academy.
Gallery
References
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