Keith Henderson (1883–1982) – Scottish artist

With thanks to Ognyan Hristov for finding this artist for us

"A Wrecked Railway Bridge
Near The Hindenburg Line
Near Villers Guislain", 1917 

Born in Scotland and brought up in Aberdeenshire and in London, Keith was one of three children born to George MacDonald Henderson, a barrister at Lincoln's Inn, and his wife, Constance Helen, née Keith. He attended Orme Square School in London and Marlborough College, before going on to study art at the Slade School of Art, London and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris.

During the First World War, Keith served as a Captain with the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry on the Western Front. He painted several works while there and also wrote a book about his experiences entitled “Letters to Helen: Impressions of an Artist on the Western Front” which was published in 1917. 'Helen' was his wife - Helen Knox-Shaw – they were married in 1917 at St Martin-in-the-Fields in London.

"A Twelve-inch Gun", 1917

During the Second World War, Keith Henderson was one of the first two artists, along with Paul Nash, appointed as a full-time salaried artists to the Air Ministry by the War Artists' Advisory Committee, WAAC. Henderson was sent to RAF bases in Scotland.

Rudolf Helmut Sauter (1895 – 1977) – British/German artist, illustrator, poet

Portrait of Rudolf by
his Father Johann Georg Sauter

Rudolf was born on 9th May 1895. His parents were Blanche Lilian, nee Galsworthy and Johann Georg Saunter, an artist from Bavaria in Germany. Educated at Harrow School, Rudolf studied art in London and Munich.  He was also a writer and later joined the PEN Club – founded by British writer Catherine Amy Dawson Scott in 1921. Rudolf’s Mother, Blanche Lilian, was the elder sister of the writer and poet John Galsworthy.  Rudolf illustrated an edition of his Uncle’s work.

During WW1, Rudolf was interned in Alexandra Palace Internment camp, north London, and Frith Hill camp at Frimley, Surrey.

Rudolf showed his work in London, the provinces, Paris at the Salon, where he gained an Hon. Mention, and widely in America. Much of Sauter’s work was destroyed in a fire in the early 1980s, yet a lot is in private hands in South Africa.

A painting by Rudolf Sauter

An Aeroplane viewed from the
Alexandra Palace Internment Camp
Compound 

Rudolf died on 12th June 1977.