Lucinda Rogers
Lucinda Rogers (born 1966)[1] is an English illustrator and artist.[2][3][4]
Biography
Rogers is widely known as an illustrator of newspaper columns, including Jonathan Meades' "A Sense of Place" in The Times, and the "Weasel" column written by Christopher Hirst, Alexander Chancellor and several others in The Independent from 1993 to 2008.[5] Rogers also drew restaurants and chefs for a column in The Daily Telegraph by Andrew Lloyd Webber called A Matter of Taste from 1996 to 2000. From 1997 to 2001 she drew weekly for the, now defunct, broadsheet Sunday Business.
Books illustrated by Rogers include The Dictionary of Urbanism by Robert Cowan, and Spitalfields Life co-illustrated with other artists. Rogers contributed one hundred drawings to a cookbook by Rowley Leigh called No Place Like Home.[6] Rogers also drew the cover and illustrations for a new translation of Histoires Naturelles by Jules Renard published by Alma Books in 2010 (the first edition of 1896 was illustrated by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec). Rogers' work for The Guardian includes main features in the Review section.[7]
Rogers is also known for her drawings of cities, particularly London and New York, and as a "reportage" artist, drawing directly from life. She was given special access to draw a group of 33 ink on paper works, and one work in colour, at the World Trade Center site during the cleanup process at Ground Zero in the winter of 2001–2.[8][9]
A series of Rogers drawings made in Tottenham in 2015 entitled Employment Land Portfolio was exhibited during that year's London Festival of Architecture.[10] On a similar theme, she drew scenes of the specialist printers Baddeley Brothers for their book.[11]
She was a judge at the University of the West of England 'Reportager Awards' in 2015, celebrating achievements in documentary drawing.[12] During May 2016 Rogers exhibited drawings of workspaces in Tottenham and Frome at Rook Lane Chapel in Frome, Somerset.[13][14] From June 7 through the summer of 2016, Rogers showed 'Restaurant Drawings Historic and Contemporary' at L'Escargot in Soho, London.[15]
Rogers' work is represented in many permanent collections, including the Victoria & Albert Museum,[16] Her drawings of New York and London have been exhibited at the Oxo Tower on London's South Bank.[17]
In 2017 Rogers was commissioned by the House of Illustration, with support from Arts Council England, to document the changing landscape of London, with a chosen focus on Ridley Road Market in Dalston, East London. The exhibition ‘Lucinda Rogers: On Gentrification — Drawings from Ridley Road Market’ ran from 28 October 2017 to 25 March 2018.[18][19]
An exhibition of Rogers drawings of the Snape Maltings arts centre and surrounding area of Aldeburgh, Suffolk was shown from 8 September to 23 December 2018.[20]
In 2019, Rogers published a curated collection of her reportage drawings of New York, spanning 30 years: 'New York: Drawings 1988-2018', with foreword by Lucy Sante.[21][22]
Bibliography
Books by Lucinda Rogers
- Rogers, Lucinda (Author, Artist), 'New York: Drawings 1988-2018', Lucy Sante (Preface), Olivia Ahmad (Editor), Esterson Associates (Designer), West Street Press, 2019. ISBN 191627420X, ISBN 978-1916274204
Books Illustrated by Lucinda Rogers [23]
- Cowan, Robert, 'The Dictionary of Urbanism', Streetwise Press, 2005. ISBN 0954433009, ISBN 978-0954433000
- Gentle Author, The, 'Spitalfields life : "in the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London"', illustrations by Mark Hearld, Lucinda Rogers and Rob Ryan, Saltyard Book Co., London, 2013. ISBN 9781444703962
- Leigh, Rowley, 'No place like home', illustrations by Lucinda Rogers, London, Fourth Estate, 2000. ISBN 1857024990
- Renard, Jules, 'Histoires naturelles', translated by Richard Stokes, illustrations by Lucinda Rogers, Oneworld Classics, Richmond, 2010. ISBN 9781847491701, ISBN 1847491707
- Rogers, John, 'The Undelivered Mardle', Darton, Longman & Todd, 2013. ISBN 0232529566, ISBN 978-0232529562
- Townsend, Anne, [compiled by], 'Love and marriage', illustrated by Lucinda Rogers, Collins, London, 1989. ISBN 0002155362
Book Cover Illustrations by Lucinda Rogers
- The Unexpected Professor by John Carey
- Six novels by Angus Wilson published in paperback by Penguin Books, 1992
Other Work
- December 2018 to present: Illustrations for Dream Palaces in Sight and Sound Magazine [24]
References
- ^ "Lucinda Rogers". British Museum. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ Elgot, Jessica (3 May 2012). "Artist drawn to support restored East End shul". The Jewish Chronicle.
- ^ "24 hours with First Hand". Eye Magazine. January 2013.
- ^ "Drawing Out Ideas". Design Week. 12 September 2002.
- ^ Hirst, Christopher (3 October 2008). "The Weasel: Goodbye to all that". The Independent.
- ^ "Cook the Books by Tamasin Day-Lewis". Telegraph Book Review. 14 December 2000.
- ^ "Read, think, relax" (PDF). The Guardian Review Section. 27 May 2006.
- ^ "Lucinda Rogers at Ground Zero". Ambit Poetry Magazine No170. 2002.
- ^ "Falmouth University Illustration Forum on Reportage" (PDF). Falmouth University Reportage Illustration Forum Booklet. 2014.
- ^ "Employment Land portfolio - Drawings of Tottenham". London Architecture Diary. June 2015.
- ^ Rachel Steven (19 October 2015). "Printing company the Baddeley Brothers celebrated in a new book designed by David Pearson". Creative Review.
- ^ "Reportager award 2015". Reportager Award with Moleskine at UWE. 2015.
- ^ "Frome Standard". Frome Standard Article about Industrious Exhibition. 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "David Chandler". Review of Industrious Exhibition by David Chandler. 2016.
- ^ Frances Hedges (27 May 2016). "What to see: Lucinda Rogers' Restaurant Drawings". Town and Country Magazine.
- ^ "V&A 150 Years Anniversary Album". The V&A Collections. June 2007.
- ^ Ruth Lewis (24 April 2002). "Changing tales of two cities". The Evening Standard.
- ^ "Lucinda Rogers: On Gentrification". House of Illustration. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "Lucinda Rogers draws Dalston's changing landscape in House of Illustration's fourth commission" (PDF) (Press release). House of Illustration.
- ^ "Acclaimed reportage artist exhibits detailed study of famous concert venue". Snape Maltings. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ "Being There". Eye. 24 June 2019.
- ^ ISBN 191627420X, ISBN 978-1916274204
- ^ "Lucinda Rogers". British Library. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "Dream Palaces". Sight and Sound Magazine. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
External links
- Website
- Portrait of Lucinda Rogers by Lucinda Douglas-Menzies