Cheltenham from the South, with Nottingham Hill in the Background 1948
Douglas Rupert Relf (1907–1970)
National Railway Museum
Douglas Rupert Relf was a painter, mainly in oils, of landscapes, still lifes and portraits. Later in life, he worked also as a commercial artist and as an illustrator of numerous books.
He was born at Prittlewell, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex in November 1907. Relf exhibited 14 times at the Royal Academy between 1935 and 1950 and he also showed his work at the Royal Society of British Artists and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. He was working in Lee in south-east London in the early 1930s and married in Lewisham in 1935. By the following year, he had moved to Hatfield Peverel, near Braintree in Essex, where he lived for about 15 years. In the early 1950s, he settled at Great Chart, near Ashford in Kent, where he died in April 1970.
His work is represented in the National Railway Museum and in the collection of Tenterden Town Council.
He was born at Prittlewell, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex in November 1907. Relf exhibited 14 times at the Royal Academy between 1935 and 1950 and he also showed his work at the Royal Society of British Artists and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. He was working in Lee in south-east London in the early 1930s and married in Lewisham in 1935. By the following year, he had moved to Hatfield Peverel, near Braintree in Essex, where he lived for about 15 years. In the early 1950s, he settled at Great Chart, near Ashford in Kent, where he died in April 1970.
His work is represented in the National Railway Museum and in the collection of Tenterden Town Council.
Text source: Artist Biographies: British and Irish Artists of the 20th Century
