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Leonard Squirrell
English, 1893-1979
Suffolk, England artist Leonard Squirrell is a local legend. During his long career, stretching from the early 20th century to the 1970s, he managed to preserve in oils and watercolors, the changing nature of the Suffolk landscape. Studied art at Ipswich School of Art in 1908-1916 under George Robert Rushton, then at the Slade School of Fine Art in 1921 under Henry Tonks. Exhibited at the Royal Academy, RWS, RI and RSA. Squirrell won a number of medals for his etchings, a technique of which he was a master.
Leonard was a very prolific artist and produced watercolors for a number of commercial companies such as Rolls Royce and local companies also used his work. For twenty years he produced fine watercolor drawings for William Brown (Ipswich) to illustrate their company calendars and did similar jobs for Pauls and Ladbrokes. He also did paintings of carriage prints on the former Great Eastern Railway trains of the 50s. He also produced paintings for railway posters.
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