Leonard Rosoman RA
1913 - 2012
Born in London and educated in Peterborough and Newcastle upon Tyne, Leonard Rosoman trained at the Royal Academy Schools and at the Central School under Bernard Meninsky in 1937–8. His first major break came in 1937, with a commission to illustrate My Friend Mr Leakey, a children's book by the scientist J B S Haldane. From 1938, he ran life classes at the Reinmann school, the London branch of a Berlin art college. At the beginning of World War II, Rosoman joined the Auxiliary Fire Service, which in 1941 became the National Fire Service, and began making paintings based on his experiences as a fire-fighter during the Battle of Britain and the Blitz in London. Rosoman went on to be a much-loved artist and Royal Academician, being first elected an Associate in 1960. A successful muralist, he painted the scenes on the walls of the Academy restaurant and the ceiling of the chapel at Lambeth Palace.
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