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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

Paul Martin (1948 - 2022)
Paul Martin
1948 - 2022
William Herbert Allen (1863 - 1943)
William Herbert Allen
1863 - 1943
William Paterson Ewen (1925 - 2002)
William Paterson Ewen
1925 - 2002
Alfred Aaron Wolmark (1877 - 1961)
Alfred Aaron Wolmark
1877 - 1961
Sarah Biffen (1784 - 1850)
Sarah Biffen
1784 - 1850
Fiona Rae (1963)
Fiona Rae
1963
John Henry Foley (1818 - 1874)
John Henry Foley
1818 - 1874
Blandford Fletcher (1858 - 1936)
Blandford Fletcher
1858 - 1936
Jacques de Lalaing (1858 - 1917)
Jacques de Lalaing
1858 - 1917
Eric Gill (1882 - 1940)
Eric Gill
1882 - 1940
Frederick Nash (1782 - 1856)
Frederick Nash
1782 - 1856
Antony Gormley (1950)
Antony Gormley
1950
Ivon Hitchens (1893 - 1979)
Ivon Hitchens
1893 - 1979
John Constable (1776 - 1837)
John Constable
1776 - 1837
Reginald Barratt (1861 - 1917)
Reginald Barratt
1861 - 1917
John Tunnard (1900 - 1971)
John Tunnard
1900 - 1971

Creators Contemporary art

José Luis Cuevas (1934 - 2017)
José Luis Cuevas
1934 - 2017
Stanley Boxer (1926 - 2000)
Stanley Boxer
1926 - 2000
Olga Yuryevna Kotlyarova-Prokopenko (1954)
Olga Yuryevna Kotlyarova-Prokopenko
1954
Ralph Fasanella (1914 - 1997)
Ralph Fasanella
1914 - 1997
Carl Paul Jennewein (1890 - 1978)
Carl Paul Jennewein
1890 - 1978
Dale Chihuly (1941)
Dale Chihuly
1941
Mary Kelly (1941)
Mary Kelly
1941
Clemens Weiss (1955)
Clemens Weiss
1955
Victor-Joseph Roux-Champion (1871 - 1953)
Victor-Joseph Roux-Champion
1871 - 1953
Vojtěch Kovařík (1993)
Vojtěch Kovařík
1993
Shozo Shimamoto (1928 - 2013)
Shozo Shimamoto
1928 - 2013
Walter Bangerter (1891 - 1962)
Walter Bangerter
1891 - 1962
Gerhard Bochmann (1925)
Gerhard Bochmann
1925
Vu Cao Dam (1908 - 2000)
Vu Cao Dam
1908 - 2000
Nicola Tyson (1960)
Nicola Tyson
1960
Leandro Erlich (1973)
Leandro Erlich
1973
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