Sydney
Carline was
born in 1888. He studied at the Slade School
of Art and in Paris. His brother, Richard Carline (1896-1980)
also studied at the Slade.
On the outbreak of the First World War Sydney
and Richard both joined the Royal Flying Corps.
They served together on the Western Front
and in the Middle East. While in Palestine
Sydney produced his most important war painting, The
Destruction of the Turkish Transport.
In March 1920 Sydney and Richard held an exhibition of their war paintings.
Later, Sydney went on to illustrate T. E. Lawrence's Revolt
in the Desert. Sydney Carline died
in 1929.
Sydney
Carline, The Destruction of the Turkish Transport (1918)
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