Live Auction 7919The Nicolette Wernick Collection British Watercolours and Paintings (1800-1950)
Henry Ryland (1856-1924)
Lot 2

Henry Ryland (1856-1924)

Maiden with a laurel wreath

Closed16 June 2010

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Henry Ryland (1856-1924)
Maiden with a laurel wreath
signed 'H RYLAND' (lower right)
pencil and grey wash on paper
17¼ x 11¼ in. (43.8 x 28.6 cm.)

with Berry Hill Galleries, New York, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

The present watercolour is a particularly enchanting example of Ryland's style in which he combined the poeticism of the Pre-Raphaelites with the sculptural dynamism of the Neo-classicists. He exhibited frequently at the Royal Academy, the New Gallery and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water-Colour, which firmly established his position at the forefront of the group of Neo-classical painters, working in watercolour.