biography of Ronald SEARLE (1920-2011)

Birth place: Cambridge, England

Profession: Illustrator, cartoonist, designer

Work: Shelburne (VT) Mus.

Comments: Illustrator of over 40 books including By Rocking Chair Across America," "From Frozen North to Filthy Lucre," "Searle's Cats," "The Square Egg," "The Great Fur Opera," "Annals of the Hudson's Bay Company," and "The Addict". Searle designed sets for films and contributed illustrations to American, French and German magazines. He also produced a cartoon entitled "John Gilpin".

Sources: Muller, Paintings and Drawings at the Shelburne Museum, 124 (w/repro.)"

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