Henry Ryland (1856-1924) was born in Bedfordshire, and was a pupil first
of Benjamin Constant, and later of Boulanger. He exhibited at the RA
from 1890, specialising in watercolour paintings of classically dressed
girls on marble terraces in the style created by Alma Tadema. He was
also a notable illustrator, and designed for other media, including
stained glass windows.
Ryland's paintings established him as the foremost of the neoclassical
painters working in watercolour. His pictures are typically of high
finish, in French fashion, showing little hint of brushstroke, and he is
somewhat comparable to J. W. Godward in subject and style. His subjects
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