€70
Star Lot: A brilliant original Thomas Ryan (b.1929 - d.2021) chalk sketch titled "John," showing a tender image of a sleeping child. Wonderfully observed. Signed bottom right and dated to 1970. Housed in a handsome gilt metal frame behind museum glass. Ryan was a well renowned artist whose work fetches up to €10,382 at Whyte's.
MM: 41 x 28 cm including frame
Born in 1929 Thomas Ryan attended the Limerick School of Art, then the National College of Art in Dublin, where he studied under Seán Keating and Maurice MacGonigal. He first exhibited at the RHA in 1957 and became an associate member in 1968. He was elected President of the RHA in 1982 and served until 1992. He has had many commissions for portraits including Presidents, Taoisigh, Cardinals and Archbishops, Provosts and University Presidents and he is also well known for his sensitive still life and genre paintings and for his Irish historical scenes, especially those of the 1916 Rising.
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