# Rodney Joseph Burn > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rodney_Joseph_Burn > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rodney_Joseph_Burn.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Joseph_Burn > Source revision: 1353502040 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) British artist (1899–1984) Rodney Joseph Burn Born (1899-07-11)11 July 1899 Palmers Green, London, England Died 11 August 1984(1984-08-11) (aged 85) Education Slade School of Fine Art Known for Landscape & portrait painting **Rodney Joseph Burn** [RA](/source/Royal_Academician) (11 July 1899 – 11 August 1984) was a British artist who painted landscapes, portraits and figures and seascapes.[1][2] During his long career he also worked in America and painted in the Channel Islands and Venice and was elected a member of the [Royal Academy](/source/Royal_Academy) in 1962. ## Life and work *[Dr R E Stradling](/source/Reginald_Stradling), CB, MD, FRS* (1945) (Art.IWM ART LD 3559) Burn was born in [Palmers Green](/source/Palmers_Green) in London and attended [Harrow School](/source/Harrow_School).[3] His father was Sir [Joseph Burn](/source/Joseph_Burn), who was the chairman of the [Prudential Insurance](/source/Prudential_plc) company.[4] After military service in the British army in World War One, Burn entered the [Slade School of Art](/source/Slade_School_of_Art) where he studied between 1918 and 1922.[5] At the Slade Burn won six major prizes, featured in an article in *[The Burlington Magazine](/source/The_Burlington_Magazine)* and met his future wife, the sculptor Dorothy Sharwood Smith.[6] Burn was among a number of London artschool graduates selected by the [London County Council](/source/London_County_Council) to produce a large work for a series showing scenes from London parks, that was intended for the newly built [County Hall](/source/London_County_Hall).[7] Burn exhibited with the [New English Art Club](/source/New_English_Art_Club) from 1923 and held a joint exhibition, with [Stephen Bone](/source/Stephen_Bone) and [Robin Guthrie](/source/Robin_Guthrie_(artist)), at the Goupil Gallery in 1926.[5] From 1929 to 1931 he taught as a tutor at the [Royal College of Art](/source/Royal_College_of_Art).[8] From 1931 to 1934 he was, with Robin Guthrie, the joint director of painting and drawing at the [School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston](/source/School_of_the_Museum_of_Fine_Arts%2C_Boston).[6] During the Second World War, Burn was among the artists who worked at the Civil Defence Camouflage Establishment based in Leamington Spa. Later during the war he completed a number of short commissions for the [War Artists' Advisory Committee](/source/War_Artists'_Advisory_Committee), including a portrait of Dr Stradling, a Director of the Camouflage Establishment.[9] After the war Burn returned to the Royal College of Art and taught there as a Senior Tutor until his retirement in 1965.[8] During his career he also taught at both the [Camberwell School of Art](/source/Camberwell_School_of_Art) and at the [City and Guilds of London Art School](/source/City_and_Guilds_of_London_Art_School).[3] Dorothy Sharwood Smith also taught at Camberwell for several years.[10] Burn spent his later years teaching in Europe and sailing. For a time he lived on the south coast of England near [Chichester](/source/Chichester) and his last studio was on the bank of the Thames at [Chiswick](/source/Chiswick).[6] ## Memberships Burn was a member of or affiliated with the following organisations:[11] - 1924: Member, later Honorary Secretary, of the [New English Art Club](/source/New_English_Art_Club), - 1954: Elected associate of the [Royal Academy](/source/Royal_Academy), - 1962: Elected full member of the Royal Academy. Burn was also a member of the [Royal West of England Academy](/source/Royal_West_of_England_Academy) and President of the St. Ives Society of Artists ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-RAburn_1-0)** Royal Academy. ["Rodney Burn, RA"](http://www.racollection.org.uk/ixbin/indexplus?_IXACTION_=file&_IXFILE_=templates/full/person.html&_IXTRAIL_=Academicians&person=5554). *The Royal Academy*. Retrieved 22 December 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-GMWaters_2-0)** Grant M. Waters (1975). *Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950*. Eastbourne Fine Art. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-BCbio_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-BCbio_3-1) ["Artist biography;- Rodney Joseph Burn"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150518091936/http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/collection/artists/rodney-joseph-burn-1899). British Council. Archived from [the original](http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/collection/artists/rodney-joseph-burn-1899) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-BytheLake_4-0)** ["Catalogue entry; *By the Lake*"](http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/burn-by-the-lake-t03214/text-catalogue-entry). Tate. Retrieved 12 May 2015. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Benezit3_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Benezit3_5-1) *Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 3 Bulow-Cossin*. Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [2-7000-3073-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-7000-3073-7). 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-BuckmanVol1_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-BuckmanVol1_6-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-BuckmanVol1_6-2) David Buckman (1998). *Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L*. Art Dictionaries Ltd. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-95326-095-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-95326-095-X). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-WPark_7-0)** Roy Perry (1996). ["Technique & condition; *Waterlow Park, Highgate*"](http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/burn-waterlow-park-highgate-t06497/text-technique-and-condition). Tate. Retrieved 12 May 2015. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Spalding_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Spalding_8-1) [Frances Spalding](/source/Frances_Spalding) (1990). *20th Century Painters and Sculptors*. Antique Collectors' Club. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-85149-106-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85149-106-6). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-WAACrjb_9-0)** ["War artists archive"](http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1050001278). [Imperial War Museum](/source/Imperial_War_Museum). Retrieved 12 May 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Hassell_10-0)** Geoff Hassell (1995). *Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts Its Students and Teachers 1943-1960*. Antique Collectors' Club. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-85149-180-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85149-180-5). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Marine_11-0)** RSMA (1996). *A Celebration of Marine Art -Sixty Years of the Royal Society of Marine Artists*. Bounty Books. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7537-2468-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7537-2468-2). ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Rodney Joseph Burn](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Rodney_Joseph_Burn). - [36 artworks by or after Rodney Joseph Burn](https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/search/actor:burn-rodney-joseph-18991984) at the [Art UK](/source/Art_UK) site Authority control databases International VIAF Artists ULAN RKD Artists Other Open Library --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Rodney Joseph Burn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Joseph_Burn) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Joseph_Burn?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.