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Ronald Searle

Ronald William Fordham Searle was an English artist and satirical cartoonist, comics artist, sculptor, medal designer and illustrator. He is perhaps best remembered as the creator of St Trinian's School, a fictional all-girls school known for its unruly students and mischievous antics, and for his collaboration with Geoffrey Willans on the Molesworth series. His professional career begins with his documentation of the brutal camp conditions of his period as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese in World War II in a series of drawings. Most of these drawings appear in his 1986 book, Ronald Searle: To the Kwai and Back, War Drawings 1939–1945. In the book, Searle also wrote of his experiences as a prisoner. At least one of his drawings is on display at the Changi Museum and Chapel, Singapore, but the majority of his originals are in the permanent collection of the Imperial War Museum, London, along with the works of other POW artists. Searle produced an extraordinary volume of work during the 1950s, including drawings for Life, Holiday and Punch.[8] His cartoons appeared in The New Yorker, the Sunday Express and the News Chronicle. After moving to Paris in 1961, he worked more on reportage for Life and Holiday and less on cartoons. He also continued to work in a broad range of media and created books (including his well-known cat books), animated films and sculpture for commemorative medals, both for the French Mint and the British Art Medal Society. Searle did a considerable amount of designing for the cinema.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:3 march 1920, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Date and place of death:30 december 2011, Draguignan, France
Nationality:United Kingdom, France
Period of activity: XX, XXI century
Specialization:Artist, Cartoonist, Designer, Graphic artist, Illustrator, Medalist, Painter, Sculptor, Writer
Genre:Caricature
Art style:Post War Art, Contemporary art

Creators United Kingdom

John Linnell (1792 - 1882)
John Linnell
1792 - 1882
John Maler Collier (1850 - 1934)
John Maler Collier
1850 - 1934
Robert Weir Allan (1851 - 1942)
Robert Weir Allan
1851 - 1942
Simon Loasby (1968)
Simon Loasby
1968
Norman Parkinson (1913 - 1990)
Norman Parkinson
1913 - 1990
Matthew Krishanu (1980)
Matthew Krishanu
1980
Simon English (1959)
Simon English
1959
 STICK (1979)
STICK
1979
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 - 1882)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1828 - 1882
Nigel Cooke (1973)
Nigel Cooke
1973
Steve Whitehead (1960)
Steve Whitehead
1960
William Paterson Ewen (1925 - 2002)
William Paterson Ewen
1925 - 2002
Francis Bernard Dicksee (1853 - 1928)
Francis Bernard Dicksee
1853 - 1928
Robert Alexander Hillingford (1828 - 1904)
Robert Alexander Hillingford
1828 - 1904
Genesis Breyer (Neil) P-Orridge (Megson) (1950 - 2020)
Genesis Breyer (Neil) P-Orridge (Megson)
1950 - 2020
Walter Dendy Sadler (1854 - 1923)
Walter Dendy Sadler
1854 - 1923

Creators Contemporary art

Marcel Gromaire (1892 - 1971)
Marcel Gromaire
1892 - 1971
James Bishop (1927 - 2021)
James Bishop
1927 - 2021
Ayako Rokkaku (1982)
Ayako Rokkaku
1982
Yinka Shonibare (1962)
Yinka Shonibare
1962
Dieter Göltenboth (1933 - 2013)
Dieter Göltenboth
1933 - 2013
Winfried Virnich (1955)
Winfried Virnich
1955
Otto Tschumi (1904 - 1985)
Otto Tschumi
1904 - 1985
George Passmore (1942)
George Passmore
1942
Vladimir Alexandrovich Vakhrameev (1930 - 1979)
Vladimir Alexandrovich Vakhrameev
1930 - 1979
Filaret Ivanovich Pakun (1912 - 2002)
Filaret Ivanovich Pakun
1912 - 2002
Gösta Adrian-Nilsson (1884 - 1965)
Gösta Adrian-Nilsson
1884 - 1965
Cécile Plaisance (1968)
Cécile Plaisance
1968
Ivan Alekseevich Kudryashov (1896 - 1972)
Ivan Alekseevich Kudryashov
1896 - 1972
Rudolf Zender (1901 - 1988)
Rudolf Zender
1901 - 1988
Wilma Bräuner (1891 - 1985)
Wilma Bräuner
1891 - 1985
Ayesha Sultana (1984)
Ayesha Sultana
1984
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