Richard Carline

Richard Carline, NEAC, LG (1895-1980)

was a well known painter of landscapes and figure subjects. Richard Cotton Carline was born in Oxford on 9th February 1896, son of the artist George Francis Carline (1855-1920) and studied art in Paris under Tudor-Hart. His brothers George Reginald Carline and Sydney William Carline were also artists. During World War 1 he was appointed as an official war artist and he served in Palestine, Persia (now Iran) and India. On returning from the war he continued his art studies at The Slade School in London. He exhibited extensively with The London Group from 1918, being elected a member in 1921, and showed work there which included from his travels to the Middle East, France, Italy, Spain, to the United States (especially Massachusetts and Texas) and to Mexico. He also exhibited with the New English Art Club from 1920-29 and was elected to that body too. In 1950 he married the artist Nancy Mona Higgins (1909-2004) and they lived in Hampstead. In 1983 Camden Arts Centre organised a touring memorial show of his work and in 1997 The National Theatre put on joint show of the work of Richard Carline and Nancy Carline (and friends). His work is represented in a number of public collections including Tate; Imperial War Museum; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; RAF Museum; Sheffield Museums; and Ferens Art Gallery, Hull.

Current Works

Richard Carline – Boston