(1926 - 2000)
Born in London, Anthony Rossiter showed early artistic talent at school. While serving with the Welsh Guards in Greece he suffered from a breakdown and thrombosis, which left him temporarily unable to walk. Invalided out of the Army, he attended Chelsea Polytechnic (1947–51) and later taught art in schools and at Bristol Polytechnic (1960–83). His autobiography, ‘The Pendulum’ (1966) won him an Arts Council Award for creative prose. His first solo show in London (1970) coincided with the publication of ‘The Golden Chain’, winning a second Arts Council award. Elected RWA in 1984, Rossiter’s works are in public collections including the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington.
