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Searle and Cambridge
Searle was featured on the BBC's 'The Great Antiques Map of Britain' in its stop at Cambridge where the artist was born. He studied at the Cambridge School of Art now part of the Anglia Ruskin...
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'Ronald Searle's America' advance buzz
Kind words from a man who knows about drawing, cartooning and Ronald Searle. Nick Galifianakis was in L.A. recently on tour with his (co-authored) book on the Art of Richard Thompson and spared a night...
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Marseille
The March 15th, 1963 edition of Marseille Magazine carried an intriguing profile of Searle accompanied by a couple of photos and a drawing I'd not seen elsewhere. The article states he was in the city...
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Mirror & Echo
The UK National Archives online database has some early Searle cartoons here. The drawings are credited as having been published in the 'Mirror & Echo' and 'Blick in die Welt'. They are...
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Sabrina
Ronald sketches British starlet Sabrina on the set of 'Blue Murder at St. Trinians'. 'If you look at the CREDITS, you'd think Sabrina was the star : in the opening credits she was billed as "Guest...
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Americana
Ronald Searle fans can follow the progress of my forthcoming book 'Searle's America' on the Facebook page here. I post updates and rare examples of American themed Searle work. Pre-order the book here.
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King of the Beasts
Searle was, of course, known for his cat drawings but their larger feline cousins were also a recurring motif- here are Searle's LIONS!'The King of Beasts' aka 'The Situation Is Hopeless'The Searle...
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Howdy Strangers!
From Punch magazine's political comment page Preparatory sketches.(Images courtesy Chris Beetles Gallery)
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Smörgåsbord
The 1964 book 'Escape from the Amazon!' collects drawings from the 'By Rocking Chair Across . . . ' series that was published in Punch and Holiday magazines. The book contains articles written by Alex...
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Court Drawing
Searle's multi-faceted career saw him master several disciplines: caricatures for TV Guide magazine, travel reportage for Holiday magazine, animated film titles, book illustration, theatre design, war...
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'Searle's America' update
My publisher Fantagraphics has the final cover art for the book listed on their site. It'll be released late November but pre-order the book there or Amazon.'This lushly-produced book compiles drawings...
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Life's a beach
Before the summer ends let's visit Brighton with Searle and Holiday magazine. . .The original cropped up on eBay a few years back but it had some tear damageI've posted these wonderful, full colour...
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Lantern
An interesting find on the Instagram account of user Ben Hausmann-Prior. Three Searle originals. He tells me 'They where originally commissioned for a carnival lantern in Basel Switzerland but were...
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Searle exhibition 2015
Searle's hometown Cambridge is finally celebrating their famous son. From the Fitzwilliam museum website:Ronald Searle: ‘Obsessed with drawing’Ronald Searle (1920-2011) is among Britain's most popular...
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Fake
My friend and fellow Searle enthusiast Uli Meyer has spotted a poor Searle copy coming up for auction at Bonhams The established auction houses never believe us when we point out forgeries. 'Who are...
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Florida exhibition
The Mary Alice Fortin Children’s Art Gallery in Palm beach, Florida is exhibiting Searle's illustrations for Robert Forbes' childrens' books. (Organized by The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach,...
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The Thin Man
Writer Patrick Campbell was one of Searle's earliest collaborators and the alter ego they developed for a series of stories that ran in Lilliput magazine marked the debut of the fully formed 'thin man'...
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Coming Home
As a complimentary exhibit to that at the Fitzwilliam'Coming Home: Ronald Searle and Cambridge School of Art', curated by Professor Martin Salisbury, will run concurrently at Anglia Ruskin University's...
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News Chronicle
'News Chronicle Saturday: issue Sept 19./Music/Lessons to/Pay for/Thankyou/Catalogue/2d/All my/own/work/Wife and/3 Children/to support./Thankyou/3 wives/18children/to feed/Thank you' An original...
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