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Ronald William Fordham Searle

Ronald William Fordham Searle (1920 - 2011) was active/lived in New York / England, France.  Ronald Searle is known for Satirical cartoonist, war artist.

Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist:

Ronald Searle, Slyly Caustic Cartoonist, Dies at 91
By STEVEN HELLER
Published: January 3, 2012

Ronald Searle, the British cartoonist and caricaturist whose outlandishly witty illustrations for books, magazine covers, newspaper editorial pages and advertisements helped define postwar graphic humor, died on Friday in Draguignan, in southeastern France, where he lived. He was 91.

His family said in a statement that he had died in his sleep after a short illness.

Lampooning the foibles of the English class system as well as clerics, politicians and even other artists, Mr. Searle was often described as a latter-day version of the 18th-century British graphic satirist William Hogarth. His cartoons combined an ear for linguistic nuance with a caustic pen and brush. With just a few well-placed lines, he pierced the facades of his targets without resorting to ridicule or rancor.

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