Adrian Ryan 
Adrian Ryan and his brother Desmond, 1928
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Adrian and his first wife Peggy who was a fellow student at the Slade, 1941
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Adrian in the studio, c.1940
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Adrian in the studio, c.1940
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Adrian Ryan, c.1955
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Adrian in the studio, c.1958
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Adrian Ryan, c.1978
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Adrian in the common room at Goldsmith's on his last day there, 1983
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Adrian at the Redfern Gallery, 1983
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During the Private View of his Retrospective at the Minories, 1985
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Adrian in Paris with Christo's wrapped Pont Neuf, 1985
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Adrian drawing with his wife Sue in Paris, 1995
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| Biography | | 1920 | Born Hampstead, London. Educated Eton College | | 1939-40 | Studied at the Architectural Association and at the Slade School of Fine Art | | 1948-83 | Lecturer in Painting and Drawing at Goldsmiths College, London | | 1973-85 | Lecturer in Painting and Drawing at Cambridge College of Art and Technology |
| Solo Exhibitions | | 1943 | First one-man show at the Redfern Gallery, London, chosen by Erica Brausen, and five more exhibitions followed in the period between 1944 and 1953 | | 1956 | Tooths Gallery, London | | 1964 | The Minories, Colchester | | 1976 | The University of West Virginia, USA | | 1980 | Gallery 10, London | | 1983 & 85 | The Redfern Gallery, London | | 1985 | Retrospective of Paintings and Watercolours (1943-85), The Minories, Colchester | | Chateau Entrecasteaux, Var, France | | 1991 & 99 | Galerie Timothy Tew, Atlanta, Georgia, USA | | 1994 | 'A Kettle of Fish', Sutton House, National Trust, London | | 1995 | 'Four Seasons', Petworth House, National Trust, Sussex | | 1996 | 'Dwelling Places', The Brewhouse Gallery, Eton College, Windsor |
| Group Exhibitions | | 1948 | Third Crypt Exhibition, St Ives, Cornwall | | 1953 | 'Figures in their Setting', Tate Gallery, London | | 1959 | 'Portraits by Contemporary British Artists', Marlborough Gallery, London | | 1977 | 'Paintings of Cornwall 1945-55', New Art Centre, London | | 1985 | 'St Ives 1939-64', Tate Gallery, London | | 1993, 94 & 96 | Galerie Timo | | 1999-2000 | 'The Far Horizon', Tate Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall |
| Collections | | Tate Gallery, London | | Victoria & Albert Museum, London | | National Gallery of Northern Ireland, Belfast | | National Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington | | The Chantrey Bequest | | Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation | | Arts Council of Great Britain | | The British Council | | The Contemporary Art Society | | The Nuffield Foundation | | The Sainsbury Trust |
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