Arthur Wardle (1864 - 1949) was an English painter. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e
Born in London, aged just sixteen Wardle had a piece displayed at the Royal Academy. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. This article refers to an art institution in London For other meanings of Royal Academy see Royal Academy (disambiguation. His first exhibit was a study of cattle by the River Thames, leading to a lifelong interest in painting animals. The Thames ( is a major River flowing through southern England. In 1880 Wardle lived in Oakley Square, Camden, but artistic success enabled him to move to the more upmarket 34 Alma Square in St John's Wood by 1892. For the rock band please see St John's Wood (band For the Australian locality St Johns Wood see main article St John's Wood Queensland Wardle was prolific; until 1936 he exhibited more than 100 works at the Royal Academy [1], as well as the Society of British Artists at Suffolk Street [2]. The Royal Society of British Artists ( RBA) is a British art body established in 1823 as the Society of British Artists, as an alternative to the Royal Academy He painted a variety of animal subjects with equal skill but his work may be divided into two categories, domestic and exotic; animals from overseas including leopards, polar bears and tigers such as The Deer-Stealer (1915) [3] were painted from sketches that he made at London Zoo. ZSL London Zoo is the world's oldest scientific Zoo. It was opened in London on April 27 1828, and was originally intended to be used He is considered equally proficient in oils, watercolours and pastels and was elected to the Pastel Society in 1911 [4] and became a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours in 1922. The Pastel Society is a British art society based in London It promotes use of pastel painting through exhibitions workshops demonstrations and lectures The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI initially called the New Society of Painters in Water Colours, is one of the societies in the Federation of British In 1931 he held his first one man exhibition at the Fine Art Society and in 1935 the Vicar’s Gallery put on an exhibition of his work. The Fine Art Society is an art dealership with two premises one in New Bond Street, London (held since 1876 given a new entrance in 1881 by Edward William Godwin He also exhibited in Paris. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city By 1936 Wardle had moved to West London.
His career was highly successful and his works continue to be sought after and widely reproduced on postcards, calendars and boxes of chocolates. He remains one of the widely known dog painters of the 19th and 20th Centuries, and he is particularly known for his paintings of terriers. The dog ( Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated Subspecies of the gray wolf, a Mammal of the Canidae family of the order A terrier is a Dog of any one of many breeds or Landraces of terrier type which are typically small wiry very active and fearless dogs Wardle painted what is probably the best known painting of the fox terrier in its modern form, The Totteridge XI (1897) [5]. The name Fox Terrier or Foxy refers primarily to two different breeds of Dog, the Smooth Fox Terrier and the Wire Fox Terrier The painting was commissioned by famed smooth fox terrier breeder Francis Redmond; Wardle painted a number of Redmond’s dogs. The original is in the gallery of The Kennel Club in London. The Kennel Club ("KC" is a Kennel club based in London and Aylesbury England.
Arthur Wardle died on July 16, 1949.
References
External links
- Biography at Burlington Paintings
- Biography at the Victorian Web
- Arthur Wardle at Artnet
- Arthur Wardle at the Art Renewal Center (sample works)
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