1912-1972
Roland Suddaby was born at Kimberworth in The West Riding of Yorkshire in 1912. He went on to study at the Sheffield College of Art.
He also lived at Sudbury in Suffolk for a number of years.
Working in the tradition of English watercolour landscape artists, many of his paintings were of Yorkshire, Suffolk and Essex. He also designed textiles, prints and fabrics.
He has exhibited widely including a number of solo exhibitions at The Redfern Gallery.
His work is represented in many English galleries including The V & A, in the Mellon Collection, USA and in Australia.
He died in 1972 whilst curator at Gainsborough’s House in Sudbury, Suffolk.