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Leonard Rosoman - A Brief Biography (11 Mar 2005) |
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Leonard Rosoman the painter, illustrator and mural artist was born in Hampstead and has remained in London for most of his life. In the 1930s he studied art at Durham University, the Royal Academy and the Central School of Arts and Crafts. In World War II he illustrated books on firefighting for the War Office before, in 1944, being appointed an Official War Artist to the Admiralty. After the War Rosoman held various teaching posts, latterly at the Royal College of Art from 1956 to 1978 where one of his students was David Hockney. He is a member of the Royal Academy [1970] and was awarded the O.B.E. for his services to Art. Amongst his better known commissions have been decorations for the Archbishop of Canterbury's private chapel at Lambeth Palace and murals for the Festival of Britain [1951] and the Shakespeare Exhibition at Stratford [1964]. Rosoman's work is represented in public collections including the Tate Gallery and the Imperial War Museum. The latter institution held an exhibition of his work in 1989. It has been said of Rosoman and his work that, Rosoman is a quirky artist ... It is his taste for quirkiness both in subject matter and form which enables Rosoman to move from intimate watercolours to public murals without his hand betraying any loss of spirit or enjoyment [John McEwan].
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