Brian Robb was a painter, illustrator, and cartoonist.
10 Facts About Brian Robb
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Brian Robb worked for Shell and London Transport, designing posters and advertisements, and as a cartoonist for Punch.
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Brian Robb taught at Chelsea College of Art before and after the war, before becoming head of illustration at the Royal College of Art.
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Brian Robb studied at Chelsea School of Art from 1930, and at the Slade School of Fine Art from 1935.
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Brian Robb was a skilled illustrator, creating both pen-and-ink and watercolour illustrations for books such as The Adventures of Odd and Elsewhere.
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Brian Robb was in demand for his ability to design posters for London Transport and advertisements for Shell, where he had worked for Jack Beddington.
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Brian Robb found Robb sitting, utterly bored, beside a searchlight with nothing to do.
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Barkas promptly had Robb posted to his own department at General Headquarters in Cairo.
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Brian Robb's ability was put to use in Operation Bertram, the large-scale camouflage and deception operation for the battle of El Alamein.
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Brian Robb established illustration as a separate strand in the educational life of the college [Chelsea].