A. R. Middleton Todd

Arthur Ralph Middleton Todd RA RE (26 October 1891 – 21 November 1966) was a British artist.

His father, Ralph Todd (1856–1932) was a successful artist who taught at the Central School of Arts & Crafts in London.

The younger Todd received art tuition from Stanhope Forbes in Newlyn before attending the Central School as a student.

[4] Returning to Britain, Todd established himself as a successful artist becoming known for his portraits and his pastel and etching works.

[6] Throughout his career, Todd held a number of teaching posts, most notably as a tutor at the Royal Academy Schools between 1946 and 1949, but also as the master of the life class at the Regent Street Polytechnic in 1939 and as head of drawing and painting at the Leicester School of Art between 1936 and 1939.