Arthur Wardle Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Arthur Wardle was a British artist and animalier painter. His prolific oeuvre focused on his fascination with dogs of various breeds, creating rich, naturalistic paintings of domestic pets and hunting animals captured in moments of lifelike movement. His work is characterized by its high degree of realism and is representative of the 19th-century interest in detailed artistic representations of animals. Born in 1860 in London, England, Wardle notably began exhibiting his work at age 16 at the Royal Academy. He began his career by sketching cattle near the Thames river, and would frequently depict exotic wildlife by studying them at the London Zoo and then transposing them onto local landscapes. Wardle was widely appreciated and acclaimed for his paintings, garnering inclusion among the Pastel Society in 1911 and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours in 1922. Wardle died on July 16, 1949, in London, England, and his legacy lives on through his images' reproduction on commercial products like chocolate boxes, posters, calendars, and postcards. Today, the artist’s work can be found amongst the collections of the London-based Tate Modern, Leeds City Museum and The Kennel Club.
Late 19th Century Victorian Arthur Wardle Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
20th Century Academic Arthur Wardle Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Crayon
Early 20th Century Realist Arthur Wardle Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
Early 20th Century Realist Arthur Wardle Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Arthur Wardle Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Graphite, Paper, Gouache
Artist Comments
In this watercolor still life, a stack of large, plump oranges forms a column, with a tea bag resting on top. A honey bee buzzes by, leaving its shadow on the f...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Arthur Wardle Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
1860s Victorian Arthur Wardle Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Gouache, Watercolor, Paper
1890s Victorian Arthur Wardle Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Oil Pastel
20th Century Academic Arthur Wardle Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Charcoal, Crayon, Watercolor, Pencil, Color Pencil
20th Century Academic Arthur Wardle Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Charcoal, Crayon, Watercolor, Pencil, Color Pencil
20th Century Academic Arthur Wardle Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Crayon, Charcoal, Watercolor, Pencil, Color Pencil
1890s Impressionist Arthur Wardle Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Pastel, Paper
1930s Realist Arthur Wardle Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Paper
1970s Victorian Arthur Wardle Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
1880s Academic Arthur Wardle Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Ink
Artist Comments
This is a humorous original still life watercolor painted in the realist tradition. The rubber duck was a gift from my wife and the porcelain bowl was my mom's that she used many years ago to give me and my brother baths. The pedestal is yard furniture. I enjoy making people smile with my art.
About the Artist
Dwight Smith depicts commonplace objects with a sense of playfulness and humor. His watercolor still life paintings appear conventional in their soft colors and composed compositions, but upon further observation the juxtaposition of unrelated items make for delightfully surprising combinations and comparisons. This transformation of the everyday, and strong graphic style, lend the work a pop feel. However, pop art is generally cool and ironic. Instead, there is a familiar and comforting sense of kitsch and Americana in Dwight’s subjects. In a similar fashion to the work of American artist Wayne Thiebaud, Dwight paints food and sweets of the American appetite. Doughnuts, hotdogs, and lollipops are captured in all of their potent delight. He plays with scale and composition to bring out a sense of the absurd, but ultimately his goal is to make the viewer smile.
Bird Bath...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Arthur Wardle Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
