Biography
Adrian Ryan (b. London 1920 - d. 1998), son of the landscape and portrait artist Vivian D. Ryan studied at the Architectural Association (1938-9), and at the Slade School of Fine Art (1939-40). He taught at Goldsmiths’ College School of Art (1948-83). He painted in a variety of places, including Cornwall, France and Suffolk, being latterly based in London and Suffolk. As well as appearing in various mixed shows, including The London Group and Royal Academy, he had a number of solo shows, starting with the first of a series at The Redfern Gallery in 1943. Later solo exhibitions included University of West Virginia in 1978, Gallery 10 in 1980, a retrospective at The Minories, Colchester, 1985, another with the National Trust, 1994, and in 1996 a solo show at Eton College, where he had attended.There was a memorial show at The Redfern Gallery, 2000, another at Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Penzance, 2002. An exhibition at Charleston Gallery, Firle, in 2003, organised by Julian Machin, concentrated on Ryan’s paintings of France. Machin also arranged a show of Ryan’s Still Life Paintings at Sutton House, 2 & 4 Homerton High Street, in 2005.
