Leonard Daniels

Daniels won a prize for his portrait painting in 1932 and when he graduated from the RCA he taught at the Clayesmore School in Dorset.

After the school received a direct hit during a day-time air raid, which killed many staff and students, it was evacuated to Winchester.

[1] Daniels was a keen sportsman, but in April 1942 a fencing accident meant he temporarily lost the use of his left arm and leg and he spent over a month in hospital.

The accident also meant he was deemed unfit for military service and in 1943 he was appointed Head of the Printing School at the Leeds College of Art.

Daniels became Camberwell's longest serving principal and was responsible for recruiting several leading artists to teach, part-time, at the college.