Arthur Wardle Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
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.
Early 20th Century Realist Arthur Wardle Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Early 20th Century Realist Arthur Wardle Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1920s Realist Arthur Wardle Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
Late 19th Century Realist Arthur Wardle Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Arthur Wardle Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Archival Paper
1990s Realist Arthur Wardle Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Arthur Wardle Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Gouache, Graphite, Paper
1980s Realist Arthur Wardle Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
1930s Realist Arthur Wardle Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
Artist Comments
Artist Dwight Smith presents a still life of plump red pears painted in the realist tradition. The three fruits rest in white bowls with a little yellow bird ta...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Arthur Wardle Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Artist Comments
Artist Dwight Smith depicts a realistic still life of a green jar brimming with apples. He creates a representation of our origin–our roots as the driving for...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Arthur Wardle Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1980s Realist Arthur Wardle Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pastel, Watercolor
1920s Realist Arthur Wardle Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Gouache, Paper, Watercolor
Artist Comments
Artist Dwight Smith paints a still life of a flower vase placed on a heap of kegs. A mass of warm-hued wine barrels stack against a contrasting aged wooden buil...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Arthur Wardle Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor