HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY RONALD SEARLE!

3 MARCH - 3 APRIL 2010

We are thrilled to announce a large retrospective exhibition, to celebrate Ronald Searle’s 90th birthday.

With over 200 cartoons, illustrations and drawings for sale, all aspects of his astonishing career are represented, including work from Punch and the News Chronicle, reportage, and advertisements for Lemon Hart Rum.

In addition, the exhibition will be supplemented by major loans from private collections. These will include examples of his inimitable creations, Nigel Molesworth and the Girls of St Trinian’s, as well as work for Life magazine during the Nixon/Kennedy presidential campaign in 1960.

The official biography of Ronald Searle, written by Russell Davies, profusely illustrated, and with a comprehensive bibliography, is available from the gallery for £20 + p&p (£4 UK, £7 Europe & £14 world).

For further details on each picture, please click on the images or their titles

HOOPLA! YEAH IT NEEDS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT GETS STONES OUT OF HORSE'S HOOVES ASPEN NIGHTS
HIGH FLIERS FAMOUS TRIALS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
THE OJ SHOW HITS GB GOURMET
SLIGHT SPLITTING OF PASTE-DOWNS FILM PUBLICITY: WELCOME TO A FILM PERSON
FINANCIAL TIC-TAC
STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS: CHOOSE YOUR EQUIPMENT CAREFULLY THE TEMPLE (A) WHO KILLED HOLLYWOOD SOCIETY?
IMAGINARY PORTRAITS NO 43: BERNARD BUFFET HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEAN BRINGING FLOWERS
THE SALESMAN THE ADVERTISING MAN COTE D'AZUR
ISRECKO DIMITRIYEVICH, SAN ANTONIO CAMP, SALERNO ALL PRESENT AND CORRECT THE DOG HARPIST
THE TIGER IN THE WOOD: OH MY GRANDMOTHER'S WHISKERS! YOU LOOK JUST LIKE A TIGER. GO AWAY! THE MAGIC OWL: 'I WISH I WAS CLEVER!' THE SICK FOX: 'YOU MUST REMEMBER TO LOOK VERY, VERY ILL.'
SHAPING DESIGNERS A MASKED BALL LA NUIT
TWO IN HARMONY THE HANDS APPEARED BEHIND HIM HE SLIT HIS THROAT
PORTOFINO SUSPECT – THE LATE EDWINA BLACK
GREGORY BLACK ... MR STEPHEN MURRAY. HENRY MARTIN ... MR RAYMOND HUNTLEY. ELIZABETH GRAHAM ...MISS CATHERINE LACEY SUPERMARKET CULTURE
NAG NAG SITTING PRETTY FAST SERVICE
NOVICE INTERRUPTING PLAY SCRUM
SAVED HIGH BALL STRIKER
THE MECHANIC NO CHOICE BUT TO SEND YOU BOTH TO PRISON FOUR PASSPORTS
SO SORRY, NO CREDIT CARDS COULD NOT EXPLAIN AWAY 3000 TABLE CLOTHS JUST A ROUTINE CHECK
MR CARTWRIGHT WAS COMMITTING TO MEMORY IN THE SWEATBOX PAT IN THE DOCK
THE WINDOW SHATTERED THE CHESS PIECE BOB – A WEED
THE MAN FROM MARSEILLE BILL TALBOT – SUSPICIOUS DOUG
SLIPPED HIS CHIP IN THE LEFT HAND POCKET YOUR ACCOUNTS ARE IN APPLE PIE ORDER BOTH ON DUTY THE SAME NIGHT
SOLD FOR FIVE THOUSAND TO MR GEORGE TSAKAING MALIK AVOIDS A COW MALIK
THE COMMISSIONER HOW TO BE A POET TWO IN HARMONY I
HAVE A GOOD RUM FOR YOUR MONEY
THE PANTOMIME HORSE PICKING HOLLY MR LEMON HART EARWIG CATCHING IN THE GARDEN
BILLIARDS – MR LEMON HART AND MR LAMB'S NAVY RUM ALAN DENT THE FOOTBALL TEAM
PLAYED 8. WON 0. DRAWN 0. LOST 8
GISELLE OBJECTS OF WORSHIP, I SHOULD IMAGINE ... JULIUS CAESAR 
BRUTUS... PAUL ROGERS, MARC ANTONY... JOHN NEVILLE
PUNCH THEATRE, EDINBURGH FESTIVAL
WELCOME BACK MOLESWORTH! DR HEWLETT JOHNSON, THE 'RED DEAN' OF CANTERBURY (1874-1966) SEARLE'S-EYE VIEW
NO 32: BRENDAN BEHAN
SEARLE'S-EYE VIEW
NO 17: IRIS MURDOCH SEARLE'S-EYE VIEW
NO 29: ALFRED HITCHCOCK THE KING'S BREAKFAST
THE ROYAL GYM
THE SORCERER AS EXECUTIONER WILLIE JAY O BEE MYE VALENTYNE
GREAT MOMENTS IN MUSIC
THE ROLLING STONES ARE STILL AT IT CLONING INTO THE ROUGH
REGULAR GULPS THE DETECTIVE SLIPPED BEHIND A MARBLE PILLAR  

 

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