Adrian Ryan
Online ExhibitionFreud, Minton, Ryan: unholy trinity
This unique exhibition celebrates the life of Adrian Ryan (1920-1998) and his friends John Minton (1917-1957) and Lucian Freud (1922-2011).
In the tight community of the art world of pre-war London, the three artists were colleagues and friends. As ambitious figurative painters with – at first – hopeful and promising career trajectories, all three explored a relaxed intimacy behind closed doors, especially during the war years.
After Minton's suicide Ryan and Freud drifted apart, which may have contributed towards the significance of the lonely figure in their work. This theme will be explored in the exhibition alongside the three artists’ developing practise, from some of their earliest paintings up to Minton's death in 1957.
The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue and a specially commissioned film, which is available to view on The Victoria Art Gallery website.
Freud, Minton, Ryan: unholy trinity is a collaboration between The Victoria Art Gallery and Falmouth Art Gallery and has been generously supported by the Art Fund and the Garfield Weston Foundation.
Works
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Adrian RyanApple and Cherries with a Knife, c.1960Oil on canvas20 x 35cm -
Adrian RyanDieppe, 1977Watercolour on paper20 x 27cm -
Adrian RyanBridge over the Seine, 1998Pastel and pencil on paper8 x 11cm
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Adrian RyanBrittany Church, c.1985Oil on canvas49 x 59cm -
Adrian RyanCallian, Var, 1967Watercolour on paper20 x 25cm -
Adrian RyanCherries on a Greek Plate, 1990Oil on board20 x 25cmSigned twice the wrong way up
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Adrian RyanDieppe Train Under Stars, 1970Watercolour on paper17 x 29cm -
Adrian RyanMediterranean White Town, 1990Oil on canvas27 x 16cmReversible, signed twice -
Adrian RyanOlive Grove, Montauroux, 1972Oil on canvas30 x 38cm
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Adrian RyanParis Moon, 1993Watercolour over pencil on paper21 x 12cm -
Adrian RyanParis, Left Bank, 1998Pastel and pencil on paper10 x 14cm -
Adrian RyanParis, nr Delacroix’s Studio, 1950Watercolour over pencil on paper20 x 27cm
