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Thomas Ryan PRHA (b.1929)
The Bridge at Slane
Watercolour 28 x 35cm (11 x 13¾”)
Signed; also signed, inscribed and numbered 84.2004 verso
€700 - 1,000
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 exhib-
ited 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.