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.
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Artist: Ronald Searle
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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Circa 1985 original poster by Ronald Searle - Public hygiene campaign in Paris
By Ronald Searle
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“Vous trouverez sûrement un moyen de lui apprendre le caniveau” is a charming and satirical original poster from circa 1985, commissioned by the Mairie de Paris as part of its public...
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The Book Lover - Original Lithograph, Signed
By Ronald Searle
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The Book Lover, 1973
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Signed in the plate
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Studies for Dynamene
By Ronald Searle
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Ronald Searle, CBE HRWS (British, 1920 – 2011)
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This delightful and cheeky circa 1985 original poster by renowned British illust
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This delightful and cheeky circa 1985 original poster by renowned British illustrator Ronald Searle, titled “S’il ne pense pas au caniveau, pensez à ramasser”, is a perfect example o...
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Eating Elephant - Original ink and watercolor drawing, Signed
By Ronald Searle
Located in Paris, IDF
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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)
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Pitcher, Dodger Catcher and baseball field positions, 3 drawings by Ronald Searl
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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
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