Westbourne Park Siding
Westbourne Park Siding
SIDNEY ROBERTSON-RODGER (1916-1981)
Westbourne Park Sidings
Signed l.r.: S R Rodger; signed, inscribed with title and the artist’s address on the reverse Oil on board
45.5 by 61 cm., 18 by 24 in. (frame size 54 by 69 cm., 21 by 27 in.)
Sidney Bertram Robertson-Rodger was born in Surrey, he was educated at Malvern College before attending the Byam Shaw School of Art, 1934-1938. In 1939 he entered war service as a Camouflage Officer before training at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst in 1940. During World War II his Bombers Escorted by Fighters on a Daylight Sweep over the Channel was purchased by the War Artists’ Advisory Committee and is now in the collection of the Ministry of Defence. He exhibited at the Federation of British Artist, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. Westbourne Park sidings are on the approach to Paddington Station, London.
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 Westbourne Park Sidings Signed l.r.: S R Rodger; signed, inscribed with title and the artist’s address on the reverse Oil on board 45.5 by 61 cm., 18 by 24 in. (frame size 54 by 69 cm., 21 by 27 in.) Sidney Bertram Robertson-Rodger was born in Surrey, he was educated at Malvern College before attending the Byam Shaw School of Art, 1934-1938. In 1939 he entered war service as a Camouflage Officer before training at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst in 1940. During World War II his Bombers Escorted by Fighters on a Daylight Sweep over the Channel was purchased by the War Artists’ Advisory Committee and is now in the collection of the Ministry of Defence. He exhibited at the Federation of British Artist, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. Westbourne Park sidings are on the approach to Paddington Station, London.){kind=link}