Thomas Ryan P.P RHA Thomas Ryan PPRHA
Born in 1929. Thomas Ryan
attended the Limerick School
of Art, then the National
College of Art in Dublin,
where he studied under Seán
Keating and Maurice Mc
Gonigle. In 1957 he first
exhibited at the RHA and
became an associate member
in 1968. He has had many
commissions for portraits and
he is also well known for his
sensitive still-life paintings
and for his Irish historical
scenes, especially those of
the 1916 Rising. He has
exhibited at the Municipal
Gallery of Modern Art in
Dublin and was President of
the RHA from 1982 to 1993.
