Rodney Joseph Burn

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Rodney Joseph Burn
Born(1899-07-11)11 July 1899
Palmers Green, London, England
Died11 August 1984(1984-08-11) (aged 85)
Education
Known forLandscape & portrait painting

Rodney Joseph Burn RA (11 July 1899 – 11 August 1984) was a British artist who painted landscapes, portraits and figures and seascapes.[1][2] During his long career he also worked in America and painted in the Channel Islands and Venice and was elected a member of the Royal Academy in 1962.

Life and work

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Dr R E Stradling, CB, MD, FRS (1945) (Art.IWM ART LD 3559)

Burn was born in Palmers Green in London and attended Harrow School.[3] His father was Sir Joseph Burn, who was the chairman of the Prudential Insurance company.[4]

After military service in the British army in World War One, Burn entered the Slade School of Art where he studied between 1918 and 1922.[5] At the Slade Burn won six major prizes, featured in an article in The Burlington Magazine and met his future wife, the sculptor Dorothy Sharwood Smith.[6] Burn was among a number of London artschool graduates selected by the London County Council to produce a large work for a series showing scenes from London parks, that was intended for the newly built County Hall.[7] Burn exhibited with the New English Art Club from 1923 and held a joint exhibition, with Stephen Bone and Robin Guthrie, at the Goupil Gallery in 1926.[5] From 1929 to 1931 he taught as a tutor at the Royal College of Art.[8] From 1931 to 1934 he was, with Robin Guthrie, the joint director of painting and drawing at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.[6]

During the Second World War, Burn was among the artists who worked at the Civil Defence Camouflage Establishment based in Leamington Spa. Later during the war he completed a number of short commissions for the War Artists' Advisory Committee, including a portrait of Dr Stradling, a Director of the Camouflage Establishment.[9] After the war Burn returned to the Royal College of Art and taught there as a Senior Tutor until his retirement in 1965.[8] During his career he also taught at both the Camberwell School of Art and at the City and Guilds of London Art School.[3] Dorothy Sharwood Smith also taught at Camberwell for several years.[10] Burn spent his later years teaching in Europe and sailing. For a time he lived on the south coast of England near Chichester and his last studio was on the bank of the Thames at Chiswick.[6]

Memberships

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Burn was a member of or affiliated with the following organisations:[11]

Burn was also a member of the Royal West of England Academy and President of the St. Ives Society of Artists

References

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  1. ^ Royal Academy. "Rodney Burn, RA". The Royal Academy. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  2. ^ Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
  3. ^ a b "Artist biography;- Rodney Joseph Burn". British Council. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Catalogue entry; By the Lake". Tate. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  5. ^ a b Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 3 Bulow-Cossin. Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. ISBN 2-7000-3073-7.
  6. ^ a b c David Buckman (1998). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-95326-095-X.
  7. ^ Roy Perry (1996). "Technique & condition; Waterlow Park, Highgate". Tate. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  8. ^ a b Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-106-6.
  9. ^ "War artists archive". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  10. ^ Geoff Hassell (1995). Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts Its Students and Teachers 1943-1960. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-180-5.
  11. ^ RSMA (1996). A Celebration of Marine Art -Sixty Years of the Royal Society of Marine Artists. Bounty Books. ISBN 978-0-7537-2468-2.
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