| Administrative History | Richard Carline was born in 1896 into an artistic family, both his parents were artists as were his brother, Sydney, and sister, Hilda (who married Stanley Spencer in 1925). He studied with his brother at Percyval Tudor-Hart's school and both brothers became war artists. Richard painted the war from the air in France and the Middle East. Sydney Carline became Master of Ruskin School in 1922 but died suddenly of pneumonia in 1929. Richard Carline went on to study in Paris and at the Slade. He exhibited mainly at the NEAC and the Goupil Gallery and had his first solo exhibition in 1931. He exhibited widely in both mixed and solo exhibitions. Richard Carline was active in a number of organisations such as the AIA and the Artists' Refugee Committee and travelled widely in Europe, the Americas and Asia. He died in 1980. |