Henry Ryland

Henry Ryland (1856–1924) was a British painter, book illustrator, decorator and designer.

He was the son of John Benjamin and Elizabeth Ryland and was born in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire in 1856.

He also studied in Paris under Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, and at the Académie Julian under Gustave Boulanger and Lefebvre.

Ryland's style mixed themes and subjects from the very different spheres of the Neo-Classical and Pre-Raphaelite movements.

Ryland is recognised as the foremost of the neo-classical painters working in watercolour, and is frequently exhibited at the Royal Academy.