Lot 247
Thelwell, Norman
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 January 2015 at 11:00 GMT
Description
6 caricatures of military personnel by Norman Thelwell, all ink and wash on paper, possibly 1940s, each signed 'Thelwell', each c.25x20cm, 4 framed and glazed (6)
Footnote
Note: Norman Thelwell (1923-2004) is perhaps best recognised as the creator of cartoons depicting small round girls on rather rotund ponies, a phase in his work which began in 1953. However, Thelwell's artistic career predates this considerably. An obituary of Thelwell which appeared in The Daily Telegraph on the 9th February 2004 explains:
"He went to Rock Ferry High School, which had no art room, and left aged 16 to become a junior clerk in an office. The Second World War had already broken out and at 18 he joined the East Yorkshire Regiment as an infantryman. Happy to carry extra weight in the form of his sketchbook and paints, he dashed off extraordinary pen-and-ink drawings of his fellow soldiers."