Osbert Lancaster - Artist Biography for Osbert Lancaster
Osbert Lancaster
 (1908 - 1986)
Osbert Lancaster was active/lived in England.  Osbert Lancaster is known for satirical cartoons, drawings, stage design.
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Osbert Lancaster
Sir Osbert Lancaster, CBE (4 August 1908 - 27 July 1986) was an English cartoonist, author, art critic and stage designer, best known to the public at large for his cartoons published in the London Daily Express.
Lancaster was born in London, England.  He was educated at St Ronan's School and then at Charterhouse and Lincoln College, Oxford, where he became friends with John Betjeman, drew cartoons for the University magazine Cherwell, and developed his trademark upper-class persona.  He graduated with a fourth-class degree in English after an extra year beyond the normal three years of study. Intending a career in law, he failed his bar exams and instead entered the Slade School of Art in London.
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