Comments on: Ronald Searle

By: Beverley De Meyer

Beverley De Meyer — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:25:13 +0000

Wonderful,thank you. Ronald Searle must be one of the artists I admire the most, his wicked sense of humour and line work. I am very fortunate have many of his books which I look at time and time again. He’s incomparable and I really hope he is still going strong and doing his amazing drawings. Keep it up !

By: Matt Jones

Matt Jones — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:37:27 +0000

Hey there, great post on Searle & thnx for the plug. My email should be included when u receive this post.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:35:36 +0000

Nice to see a British illustrator and cartoonost featuring on your blog Charley – and it’s obvious from the comments that readers would like to see more. I know I’d love to see you do more much as I enjoy seeing artists and illustrators which i’m less familiar with?

I assume you’re familiar with the Cartoon Museum ( http://www.cartoonmuseum.org/ )?

By: peter w

peter w — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:33:56 +0000

Another Searle contemporary was Paul Hogarth who worked in a similar medium. Although Hogarth never enjoyed the same kind of public recognition as Searle, his series of lavishly illustrated books – written in association with some very heavyweight authors, including Graham Greene and Lawrence Durrell – were bestsellers at the time. Hogarth also produced some startling cover illustrations for Penguin Books, which had the kind of graphic simpliciy only an absolute master can produce.

Sadly, there isn’t much Hogarth on the net. Up until a year or so ago, someone was running a very extensive archive but this mysteriously folded overnight. A gallery does have a clutch of his stuff (http://www.contemporary-art-holdings.co.uk/hogarth.php) but, to me, none of this is really very representative. I would, however, recommend his book ‘Drawing on Life’ (still in print) which is a lovely introduction to how he thought and worked.

By: Gerald

Gerald — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:32:08 +0000

You can get some originals by Ronald Searle at Paris at the famous Martine Gossieaux Gallery :
http://www.galerie-martine-gossieaux.com/index_artistes.html
Enjoy ;)

By: Dan van Benthuysen

Dan van Benthuysen — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:53:46 +0000

For comparison, see the work of Ralph Steadman, an edgier (scarier?) U.K. cartoonist of the same generation:

http://www.ralphsteadman.com/01art.asp

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:47:07 +0000

Wow! I really enjoy this piece. I love his lines. Just like you said, the frenetic quality of his strokes really adds a lot to his sketches, but I can see the control he has in his detailing. I’m jealous.