Jeanne Patricia Rynhart (17 March 1946 – 9 June 2020)[1][2] was an Irish sculptor and creator of the Molly Malone statue.
[citation needed] She was an apprentice to George Collie RHA for 2 years, and then attended the National College of Art and Design.
[citation needed] After graduating in 1969, she moved to England where she continued her studies in fine art and shared a studio with sculptor John Letts.
[1] She returned to Ireland in 1981, moving to Ballylickey, near Bantry in County Cork, where she established the Rynhart Fine Art gallery and workshop.
In 1993, she produced 2 statues in honour of Annie Moore at Cobh Heritage Centre in Cork and Ellis Island in New York City.