David Rolt (1915 - 1985) was born in Yorkshire and educated at Lancing. After studying painting at the Chelsea Polytechnic and the Central School of Art, he spent a further three years at the Slade. Working mostly as a portrait painter, he held his first solo exhibition in Cape Town, South Africa in 1936. After attracting the attention of art dealer Jack Baer, Rolt went on to hold a further four exhibitions at the Hazlitt Gallery between 1947 and 1956, with another three exhibitions to follow at the Adams Gallery (1958), Istanbul (1966) and New York (1973). Best known, perhaps, for his portraits of celebrated figures including the likes of Lord Audley and Winston Churchill, a collection of pictures ...