Clare Cryan

Clare Cryan is an Irish watercolour artist and teacher, who focuses on Landscape and Still life painting.

For the Irish diver, see Clare Cryan (diver).

Clare Cryan
BornDublin, Ireland
OccupationArtist
NationalityIrish
EducationDominican, Sion Hill.
Alma materBelfast College of Art
National College of Art and Design
SubjectLandscape, still life, floral and figurative

Career

Cryan was born in Dublin in 1936 and went to school to Sion Hill school, the National College of Art, and the Belfast College of Art. After she completed her studies she was given the appointment of master of the Preliminary School in the National College of Art in 1965 where she worked for four years. Cryan left formal employment to focus on her art and in 1971, she opened the Blue Door Studio in Ballsbridge. She is one of the countries notable art teachers,[1][2] Patricia McGloughlin is one of her students[3] as is Roddy Moynihan[4][5] She is teaches with Kenneth Webb in the Irish School of Landscape Painting.[6]

In 1987, she was made a member of the European Institute of Watercolours. She has represented Ireland at the Festival International Paris-Osaka Exhibition.[1]

Exhibitions

Cryan has exhibited in solo shows in Belfast, Wexford, Dublin, Galway (often Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery) and England.[1]

Her work has been featured in the Royal Hibernian Academy, Royal Ulster Academy and Oireachtas exhibitions in Ireland as well as in Brussels, Paris, Antwerp, The Hague, and Luxembourg.[1]

References
  1. "The Kenny Gallery – Clare Cryan". The kenny gallery. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  2. "Catalog for Exhibition" (PDF). University College Cork. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  3. "Patricia McGloughlin". Dublin Painting and Sketching Club. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  4. "Roddy Moynihan – Artists Biography". Oisin Gallery. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  5. "Artists put their creations on display at new gallery – Independent.ie". Independent. October 8, 2013. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  6. "Clare Cryan – Artist Biography for Clare Cryan". Ask art. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
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