Jules Henry Roy Rousel (1897-1985) studied at the Royal Art Society School from 1912 to 1918 and the Slade School and RAS in London from 1935-1938. He exhibited at the Royal Academy and the Royal Portrait Society in London, and the Paris Salon and Société des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Rousel's father Henry Rousel (1865-1929) established the leading sign-writing and mural business in Sydney, Rousel Studios. J H Roy Rousel worked as a partner in the business, enlisting fine arts-trained artists to work on mural and sign-writing commissions for hotels and department stores including David Jones. JH Roy Rousel was a Life Member of, and became a Vice President of, the Royal Art Society of Sydney. He is represented in the Art Gallery of Western Australia and the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
