Alfred Bryan (illustrator)

Alfred Bryan (1852–1899) (born as Charles Grineau)[1] was a popular English illustrator, best known for his many contributions to the London-based weekly theatrical review Entr'acte.

Alfred Bryan in 1898

Bryan's first professional sketches were published in The Hornsey Hornet. He also produced sketches for The London Figaro.[2] Bryan worked for the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News for most of his career and was also published in periodicals such as Judy magazine. Walter Sickert, a contemporary art critic, described him as "the complete, trained draughtsman", praising his illustrations as "[...]unfaltering in their mastery of line, their perfect style, their elegance and wit."[3]

Bryan was buried in New Southgate Cemetery, in Barnet, North London.

His son was Charles William Grineau (1883–1957), an artist known for his paintings of motorcars under the pseudonyms Bryan de Grineau and John Bryan.[1]

Gallery

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  Typical Bryan caricature of the actor W. H. Denny as he appeared in The Yeomen of the Guard
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  Gilbert, Sullivan and D'Oyly Carte from the 1894 Entr'acte Annual
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  Carl Rosa from the 1888 Entr'acte Annual
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  Charles Dickens from the 1893 Entr'acte Annual
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  Caricature of comedian Dan Leno as a Christmas pantomime dame from 1890s
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  Bobby Abel, to W. G.:-"Look here, we players intend to be sufficiently paid, as well as the so-called gentlemen!", 1884 Entr'acte Annual
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  Oscar Wilde by Alfred Bryan

References

1. Bryan de Grineau in Motoring Art
2. Forbes, Frank 'A Chat with Alfred Bryan The Temple Magazine (1898)
3. Walter Sickert, The Complete Writings on Art, Oxford, 2003

External links

Media related to Alfred Bryan (illustrator) at Wikimedia Commons

• Bryan on the National Portrait Gallery website