02 Paintings, The art of War, Leonard Henry Rosoman's House Collapsing on Two Firemen, with footnotes

Leonard Henry Rosoman (1913–2012)

A House Collapsing on Two Firemen, c. 1940

Oil on canvas

H 91.8 x W 76.8 cm

IWM (Imperial War Museums)

Dramatic view of a building on fire during the Second World War in Cheapside, London. The figure of fireman Leonard Rosoman and other auxiliary firemen are silhouetted on the ground in the brightness of the scene, as they fight the blaze; they target jets of water onto the flames of the burning building. More on this painting

Leonard Henry Rosoman (1913–2012)

Auxiliary Fireman Leonard Rosoman, Cheapside, c. 1940

Oil on canvas

H 56.2 x W 66.6 cm

Manchester Art Gallery

Leonard Henry Rosoman, 1913–2012, painter, was mural artist, illustrator and teacher. Born in London Rosoman basically remained there, although he travelled extensively. He studied, 1930–5, at King Edward VII School of Art, University of Durham, where his teachers included E M O’Rorke Dickey, then at Royal Academy Schools, 1935–6, and at Central School of Arts and Crafts, 1937–8, under Bernard Meninsky. Rosoman taught from 1938–9 at Reimann School, where his subject was perspective, but on outbreak of World War II he was mobilised into the National Fire Service. In 1943 he was seconded to the War Office to illustrate books on firefighting, being appointed an Official War Artist to the Admiralty in 1944. His depictions of firefighting were among his most outstanding early work.

Had first one-man show in 1946 at St George’s Gallery. In 1947–8 Rosoman taught at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts; at Edinburgh College of Art, 1948–56; and at Royal College of Art, 1956–78. He exhibited in RA Summer Exhibition from 1960 and was elected RA, 1970. Showed extensively at Fine Art Society, which gave him a retrospective in 1974, a ninetieth-birthday exhibition in 2003. Rosoman carried out a number of important mural commissions, notably for Festival of Britain in 1951 and for Shakespeare Exhibition at Stratford-upon-Avon, 1964. Tate Gallery, Imperial War Museum and other public collections hold his work. More on Leonard Henry Rosoman

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