Angus McBride
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Angus McBride is a British-born artist well-known for his work under Osprey Publishing. Born in London in 1931 of Highland parents, he was orphaned as a child when his mother died when he was five, and his father in World War Two when he was twelve. He was educated at Canterbury Cathedral Choir School. He served his National Service in the Royal Fusiliers, and afterward, he got a job as an advertising artist. It was at this time were he learned the skill of artistry.
Because of Britain's poor economic state after the World Wars, Angus found it necessary to leave for South Africa. In Cape Town, he became a fairly well known and successful artist. However, he felt that he could not expand on his artistic plans in South Africa's small publishing industry. Consequently, in 1961, Angus moved back to England. He made his first works in educational comics published for teenage readers. Finally in 1975, he began to work with Osprey Publishing's Men-at-Arms series.
As England's economy again suffered in the 1970's, Angus moved with his family back to Cape Town, and continues to work with British and American publishers.
He primarily continues to do realistic, historical illustrations for Osprey Publishing.
