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Ronald Searle Art

British, 1920-2011
Ronald 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 and for his collaboration with Geoffrey Willans on the Molesworth series. Searle was born in Cambridge, England, where his father was a Post Office worker who repaired telephone lines. He started drawing at the age of five and left school (Central School – now Parkside School) at the age of 15. He trained at Cambridge College of Arts and Technology (now Anglia Ruskin University) for two years. In April 1939, realizing that war was inevitable, he abandoned his art studies to enlist in the Royal Engineers. In January 1942, he was in the 287th Field Company, RE in Singapore. After a month of fighting in Malaya, he was taken prisoner along with his cousin Tom Fordham Searle, when Singapore fell to the Japanese. He spent the rest of the war as prisoner, first in Changi Prison and then in the Kwai jungle, working on the Siam-Burma Death Railway. Searle contracted both beriberi and malaria during his incarceration, which included numerous beatings, and his weight dropped to less than 40 kilograms. He was liberated in late 1945 with the final defeat of the Japanese. After the war, he served as a courtroom artist at the Nuremberg trials and later the Adolf Eichmann trial (1961). He married the journalist Kaye Webb in 1947; they had twins, Kate and Johnny. In 1961, Searle moved to Paris, leaving his family; the marriage ended in divorce in 1967. Later he married Monica Koenig, a painter, theatre and jewellery designer. After 1975, Searle and his wife lived and worked in the mountains of Haute Provence. Searle's wife Monica died in July 2011 and he himself died on 30 December 2011, aged 91.
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Studies for Dynamene Ink Drawing, Modern Style, 20th Century, Framed
Studies for Dynamene Ink Drawing, Modern Style, 20th Century, Framed

Studies for Dynamene Ink Drawing, Modern Style, 20th Century, Framed

By Ronald Searle

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

Ronald Searle, CBE HRWS (British, 1920 – 2011) Studies for Dynamene (Taken from a sketchbook of preliminary drawings for ‘A Phoenix Too Frequent’ a comedy by Christopher Fry, 1959) I...

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20th Century Modern Ronald Searle Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Eating Elephant - Original ink and watercolor drawing, Signed
Eating Elephant - Original ink and watercolor drawing, Signed

Eating Elephant - Original ink and watercolor drawing, Signed

By Ronald Searle

Located in Paris, IDF

Ronald SEARLE Eating Elephant, 1964 Original ink and color pencil drawing Signed bottom right with the monogram On heavy paper 76 x 56 cm (c. 30 x 22 in) Very good condition, small...

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1970s Modern Ronald Searle Art

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India Ink, Color Pencil

Original 1977 lithograph by Ronald Searle Paris et la Monnaie
Original 1977 lithograph by Ronald Searle Paris et la Monnaie

Original 1977 lithograph by Ronald Searle Paris et la Monnaie

By Ronald Searle

Located in PARIS, FR

This original 1977 lithograph by the celebrated British illustrator Ronald Searle, titled Paris et la Monnaie, is a rare and highly collectible piece. Numbered 18 out of a limited ed...

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1970s Ronald Searle Art

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Paper, Lithograph

Pitcher, Dodger Catcher and baseball field positions, 3 drawings by Ronald Searl
Pitcher, Dodger Catcher and baseball field positions, 3 drawings by Ronald Searl

Pitcher, Dodger Catcher and baseball field positions, 3 drawings by Ronald Searl

By Ronald Searle

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

Ronald Searle, CBE HRWS (British, 1920 – 2011) Pitcher; The Dodger’s catcher; and a drawing of the field positions on the day A set of three baseball studies Pencil on paper 5.1/4 x ...

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20th Century Modern Ronald Searle Art

Materials

Paper, Pencil

The Book Lover - Original Lithograph, Signed
The Book Lover - Original Lithograph, Signed

The Book Lover - Original Lithograph, Signed

By Ronald Searle

Located in Paris, IDF

Ronald SEARLE (1920-2011) The Book Lover, 1973 Original lithograph Signed in the plate On paper 60 x 45 cm (c. 23.6 x 17.7 in) INFORMATION : Lithograph produced for the poster of t...

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1970s Modern Ronald Searle Art

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Lithograph

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