Fine Arts: O’Ryan’s scenic stunners on sale for a good cause
The well-travelled Irish artist hiked around Europe in the 1950s, painting a series of superb works that will be auctioned off to benefit Our Lady’s Hospice in Harold’s Cross
At Adam’s this week, close to 100 oil paintings and watercolours by Fergus O’Ryan (1910-1889) will be sold to benefit Our Lady’s Hospice in Harold’s Cross in Dublin.
Having studied art in Limerick and Dublin, O’Ryan had success as a commercial artist, designing advertisements, theatre sets and cinema posters, but his lyrical landscapes are his lasting legacy.
In the 1950s, when overseas travel was far from the norm, he and his wife hiked throughout Europe ...
