Richard Carline
Richard Carline | |
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Born | Oxford, England | 9 February 1896
Died | 18 November 1980 Hampstead, London, England | (aged 84)
Education | Academie de Peinture |
Known for | Painting |
Spouse | Nancy Carline |
Richard Cotton Carline (9 February 1896 – 18 November 1980) was a British artist, arts administrator and writer. During the First World War, Carline served on the Western Front and in the Middle East, where he travelled extensively through Palestine, Syria, India and modern day Iran and Iraq.[1] Although known for his depictions of aerial combat painted during World War One, from the mid-1930s, his output as an artist was overshadowed by his numerous roles in local, national and international artists' organisations. Carline held strong anti-fascist beliefs and also worked to gain appreciation for African art, naive art, child artists and even promote the artistic merits of postcard images.[2]
Biography
Early life
Richard Carline was born in Oxford, the youngest of the five children born to the artist George Francis Carline and Anne Smith (1862-1945).[3] His brother, Sydney Carline and his sister Hilda were also artists, as was his brother-in-law, Stanley Spencer.[3][4] Richard Carline was educated at the Dragon School and at St Edward's School in Oxford before studying art under Percyval Tudor-Hart at the Academie de Peinture in Paris and then in London throughout 1913.[5][6]
World War One
During the First World War, Carline joined the Middlesex Regiment of the British army in 1916, before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps, RFC, in 1917. He worked on wireless communications before he was tasked with developing camouflage designs for aeroplanes. From September 1917 until the spring of 1918 he was employed by the Air Ministry to paint large surveys of the front lines in France onto canvas, for which he established a studio close to the family home in Hampstead.[7] After completing a course in aerial gunnery Carline was based, from July 1918, on the Western Front at Hesdin for six months. During this time he flew Bristol fighters in combat over the front lines.[8]
Carline was asked to nominate artists to work as official war artists for the RFC. He nominated his own brother, Sydney, who was also in the RFC and had already been shot down once. In January 1919 both brothers were sent to the Middle East by the
The brothers stayed in Cairo before moving to Baghdad where they remained until the middle of July when they went to Mosul from where the RAF were planning bombing raids against the Kurdish uprising. However, before that action, they were recalled to England for demobilisation and arrived home in November 1919.[8] Although between them the brothers had enough sketches for twenty-five large paintings the RAF Section of the IWM had no funds left to acquire new paintings. Eventually the Museum paid Richard for three finished paintings and bought four from Sydney. The brothers were allowed to keep the 300 plus sketches they had made in the Middle East and these formed the basis of their successful Groupil Gallery exhibition in March 1920.[8]
Inter-war years
In 1920 Richard was elected to the
World War II and later life
During World War II Carline worked for the
Published works
- The Arts of West Africa (1935), edited by Sir Michael Sadler
- Pictures in the Post, the Story of the Picture Postcard, Faber, (1959)[3]
- Draw they Must (1968)
- Stanley Spencer at War, Faber & Faber (1978)[3]
References
- ISBN 978-0-9567139-9-5.
- ^ a b Richard Morphet (5 November 2004). "Obituary: Nancy Carline". The Independent. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ ISBN 2-7000-3073-7.
- ^ Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
- ^ ISBN 1-85149-106-6.
- ^ a b "Richard Carline (1896-1980)". Liss Fine Art. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ "Catalogue entry:Studio Interior, Hampstead 1918". Tate. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ ISBN 0-7181-2314-X.
- ^ Jessie Alter. "Stunning Aerial Artwork of the First World War". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ Claire Bernard (2015). "10 Artworks Exploring War from Above and Below". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ISBN 0-95326-095-X.
- ISBN 978-0-500-23884-4.
- ISBN 0-19-861391-1.
- ISBN 978-0-300-10890-3.
External links
- 32 artworks by or after Richard Carline at the Art UK site