Maiden with a laurel wreath

Details

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.)

Provenance

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

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Lot Essay

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.

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