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Master of English Caricature
Master of English Caricature' - Ronald Searle for The Guardian, 21st September, 1963. (From @alecemerges on Twitter)
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The Illustrators 2018
Chris Beetles Gallery in London has their annual show which usually features a selection of Searle originals. Check out this year's batch hereHAND PAINTED PLATE SIGNED WITH INITIALS ON REVERSE6 1/2...
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Brexit!
I don't know what Searle would've made of Brexit (he lived in France the latter half of his life) but here's a picture celebrating the United Kingdom on the weekend where a million marched to remain in...
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Dummy Copies
Two intriguing manuscript books designed by Ronald Searle went for auction over the summer; 'dummy' copies of a Molesworth book ' Down With Skool!' and 'The Terror of St Trinian's'. It's fascinating to...
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Correspondence
Illustrated Autograph Letter Signed, to Irving, thanking him for the Eliot cutting and hoping to visit, joking that they were going to send a dove out to look for him instead of dry land. With a large...
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American Gothic
Searle's 'Atlantic City' sketchbook. Searle's 'Catskills' sketchbook. Searle's 'Hawaii' sketchbook.
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Grosz
A seminal influence on the young Ronald Searle was the work of George Grosz. Apparently he took a small book of Grosz's work to war when he enlisted. Recently sold at auction: an original drawing given...
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Reindeer
One of Searle's long running 'characters' was the reindeer which he used to great comic effect on multiple occasions. A relative of Searle's similarly pathetic horse motif, the reindeer says everything...
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Searle's Centenary!
Happy new Year! March 3rd, 2020 is the centenary of Ronald Searle's birth. The first institution to celebrate will be the Wilhelm Busch museum in Hanover which houses the Searle Archive.Details...
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Searle Centenary
March 3rd marks the centenary of Ronald Searle's birth. The Searle archive in Hanover will host a special exhibition opening in April 'Searle 100'. Chris Beetles' gallery in London has a brief selling...
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Punch part 2: French Theatre
Here's a rare edition for Searle fans. 'Le Theatre a Paris' is a limited edition catalogue published by Galerie Martine Gossieaux in Paris. It's release coincided with an exhibition in 2000 of...
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France...
Burnt out after a dozen years of fierce productivity across several mediums Searle left everything behind in London and fled to Paris. Journalist and author Martin Amis caught up with him in the French...
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An Artist's Life
The exhibition 'Ronald Searle: An Artist's Life' was to officially open at the Wilhelm Busch Museum in Hanover last weekend to celebrate the centenary of Searle's birth (March 3). However, due to the...
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'Por favor sēnor' - Searle in Spain
I'm not aware that Searle ever visited Spain but he did illustrate an article for the January 1962 of Holiday magazine - it was one of a series of 'By Rocking Chair Across...' satirical reports written...
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Book dedications
Friends and family of Ronald Searle were fortunate to be the recipients of his ceaseless sketching in the form of drawn dedications in presentation copies of his books givens as gifts. His secretary...
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To the beach!
As we all long to get back outside during this pandemic here's three views of the beach by Searle in three wildly different styles.NymolleLilliput magazinePunch magazine 14th August, 1957
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Pachyderms
A sub-species of regular Searle creatures (cats, dogs, reindeer) - the elephant.It's remarkable how the elephant is crammed into the composition here but somehow Searle makes it work.'CBS Outside...
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Gamblin' Towns
On his travels around the US for HOLIDAY magazine during the 1960s Searle visited Reno and Las Vegas. He captured an era in these lavish spreads.Original art in the Wilhelm Busch Museum, Hanover,...
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Searle at 100 finally opens in Hannover!
The exhibition to mark the centenary of Searle's birth (March 3) was supposed to open at the Wilhelm Busch Museum, Hanover in April but was postponed because of the pandemic. It opens this weekend....
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Searle's America
Finally! a review of the book; the first since its publication five years ago. The media ignored it but Searle fans tell me they love it! It's still available at a bargain price these days.This video...
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