Robert Cunliffe Ironside (1912 - 1965)

Born 1912 in Kensington, London, UK

Ancestors

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Biography

Artist

Assistant Keeper, Tate Gallery. 1937 - 1946

Sources

• http://www.robinironside.org/about-robin-ironside.html

• http://www.virginiaironside.org/?page_id=1476

• Robert Cunliffe ~ (1912-1965) (R273|B1912R1)

Birth: (Robert C. ~) 10 Jul 1912 Kensington LND ENG Mother: CuncliffeBX. Will: 1965 of 5 Kinnerton Yard, Kinnerton St, London SW1. Died 2 Nov 1965 age 53 at National Hospital, Queens Square, London. To [brother] Christopher ~ (C229), Artist. £3,172.. Death: (Robin ~) 2 Nov 1965 St Pancras LDN ENG aged 53 {2 index entries, same reference: Robin and Robert C. Date from "Who was Who"}DX,Will. Obituary: (Robin Cunliffe ~) 1966 By Sir John Rothenstein, in London Magazine, Oct 1966, quoted in DNB: "Painter and writer, b. 10 Jul 1912 in London, elder son of Reginald William ~, medical doctor, and his wife Phyllis Laetitia, dau of Sir Robert Ellis CUNLIFFE, solicitor to the Board of Trade, who later married A. R. Williamson, stockbroker. Educ. Bradfield and Courtauld Institute. 1937: Asst. Keeper at Tate Gallery. 1946: resigned to devote himself to painting, writing about painters, and occasional stage design. Stage designs in collaboration with his brother Christopher (C229), with whom he also designed medals and coins, and a huge royal coat of arms as a centrepiece of Whitehall's coronation decorations."DNB. Mention: (Robin ~) 22 Jan 2000 Niece Virginia ~ writes: my uncle Robin was also addictive [to alcohol], and gay. Although multilingual and steeped in classical education, he decided he'd prefer the life of a starving artist to one of an academic. He lived on uppers and downers and hard-boiled eggs... He died young, but he was a tremendous success in a small circle of rather grand friends. He knew the writer Cyril Connolly and was responsible for getting Angus Wilson into print. As well as painting and drawing intricate surrealist pictures, Robin also wrote a great deal for magazines such as Encounter and Horizon.. Mention: (Robin ~) in "Who was Who" 1961-1970 vol VI. Painter and Writer. Address 40 Clarendon St, Westminster, SW1. Father: Reginald William (R64).Mother: Phyllis Laetitia CUNLIFFE (P127).DNB.

The Ironside Dictionary by Mike Kay & James Sanderson

• p19, 68-71, "Janey & Me" by Virginia Ironside