Brian Keenan

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© Barry Ryan / National Portrait Gallery, London

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Brian Keenan

by Barry Ryan
bromide print, worked by hand, 1994
12 3/8 in. x 12 3/8 in. (315 mm x 313 mm)
Purchased, 1994
Primary Collection
NPG P582

Sitterback to top

  • Brian Keenan (1950-), Teacher and writer. Sitter in 1 portrait.

Artistback to top

  • Barry Ryan (1948-2021), Singer, composer and photographer. Artist or producer of 6 portraits, Sitter in 5 portraits.

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Current affairs

The Queen opens the Channel Tunnel. After seven years of digging, various financial hold-ups and technical difficulties, a long-awaited rail link is created between Britain and France. The tunnel is 31 miles long with 24 miles under the sea, the longest under-sea tunnel in the world.

Art and science

Trevor Bayliss starts production of his clockwork radio. The innovation is a fantastic example of simple environmentally friendly design and has been found particularly useful in areas where there is no electricity supply, such as remote communities in Africa.
Blur release their classic Britpop album depicting London life, Parklife.

International

Violence breaks out in Rwanda. An estimated 800,000 people were massacred in the Rwandan Genocide, most of them Tutsis, murdered by extremist Hutu militia groups.
South Africa holds its first democratic elections in which full enfranchisement is granted. The African National Congress led by Nelson Mandela won the majority of the vote, and Mandela became the country's first black State President.

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