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.
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]
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]