Michael Rothenstein was born in Hampstead, London, the son of the celebrated artist Sir William Rothenstein and the actress Alice Newstub. He studied at the Chelsea Polytechnic and later at the Central School of Arts & Crafts. First one-man show at the Warren Gallery in 1931 and further one-man shows at the Redfern Gallery starting in 1942. Author of several books on art and illustrator of books including John Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice and Men’ (1937). Taught at the Camberwell School of Art and at the Stoke-on-Trent College of Art. Elected associate (ARA) in 1977 and RA in 1984. Collections of his work in the V & A Museum and the Tate Gallery and at the Fry Art Centre.