Leonard Rosoman OBE RA, British 1913-2012 - A Winter Landscape; oil on canvas, signed lower ...

Leonard Rosoman OBE RA,  British 1913-2012 -  A Winter Landscape;  oil on canvas, signed lower right 'Leonard Rosoman', 61 x 50.7 cm (ARR)  Provenance:  Lady Ransthdowne;  Duncan R. Miller Fine Arts, London;  private collection, purchased from the above in 2010;  Roseberys, Modern British, 15 February 2022, lot 29;  private collection, purchased from the above  Note: this artwork is a striking study in the representation of winter light, contrasting cooler tones with that of the landscape and snow.  Leonard Rosoman OBE RA worked as a war artist, a printmaker, a painter and an illustrator. He is particularly well-known for his murals, completing commissions most notably for the 1951 Festival of Britain at the Southbank Centre, the Royal Museum of Scotland, the Royal Academy, and the ceiling of Lambeth Palace Chapel. Over his career Rosoman also taught at a number of noteworthy art schools, including Camberwell College of Art, Edinburgh College of Art, the Chelsea School of Art and the Royal College of Art, where his students included a young David Hockney.