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.
Arthur Wardle, British oil painting of leopard basking by a river
By Arthur Wardle
Located in Harkstead, GB
An incredibly captivating image of a leopard basking on a rock by a river. Not only is this a very striking study of a magnificent feline but there is also a narrative here with a py...
Canvas, Oil
Chital in a Landscape
By Arthur Wardle
Located in Mc Lean, VA
The artist is renowned for his depiction of animals, including exotic species such as polar bears, lions, leopards, and tigers. A chital is a deer native to the Indian subcontinent.
Canvas, Oil
$4,200
H 29 in W 25 in D 2 in
Hunting Dogs with Geese, Landscape by 19th Century French painter
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Hunting Dogs with Geese" is a 26 x 21.5 inches, oil on canvas landscape of two dogs on the trail by the river. The canvas is signed "B Lanoux" in the lower left. B. Lanoux is a lis...
Canvas, Oil
$5,200
H 18 in W 24 in
Beth Parcell, "Frozen in Time", 18x24 Autumn Horse Hound Fox Hunt Oil Painting
By Beth Parcell
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This colorful piece, "Frozen in Time", is a 18x24 oil painting on canvas featuring two riders atop their horses in a green field during a fox hunt. A group of hounds eagerly run alo...
Canvas, Oil
$2,650
H 16 in W 23 in
English 19th century Landscape with children on a pathway picking flowers
By Henry Hadfield Cubley
Located in Woodbury, CT
19th century English landscape of Children picking flowers in a field or meadow. Henry Hadfield Cubley was born in Newark, Nottinghamshire in 1858. Henry was the nephew of William C...
Canvas, Oil
$31,834
H 32.25 in W 44.25 in D 3 in
19th Century Scottish Highland landscape oil painting of Loch Lubnaig
By Alfred de Breanski Sr.
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Alfred de Breanski Snr British, (1852-1928) The Head of Loch Lubnaig Oil on canvas, signed & transcribed verso Image size: 23.5 inches x 35.5 inches Size...
Canvas, Oil
$23,090
H 30.5 in W 42.5 in D 3.25 in
19th Century landscape genre oil painting of farmworkers with horses & a dog
By George Cole
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
George Cole British, (1810-1883) Rick Making, Lunchtime Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1883 Image size: 23.5 inches x 35.5 inches Size including frame: 30.5 inches x 42.5 inches Prove...
Canvas, Oil
$5,191
H 28 in W 38 in D 3 in
An antique nineteenth century oil painting of an English landscape
By George Turner
Located in St. Albans, GB
George Turner 1843 – 1910 Titled on the reverse 'A Lane near Weston-on-Trent, Derbyshire' Signed and dated 1886 A Lane near Weston-on-Trent, Derbyshire Picture Size: 20 x 30" (50 x...
Canvas, Oil
$6,500
H 31 in W 39 in
Landscape with two horses and goats in a landscape, far and barn, English 19th C
Located in Woodbury, CT
W. S. Forest English, circa 1850 Study of Two Horses and Goats Before Farmland Oil on canvas Signed lower right Presented in its original richly carved and gilded frame A finely o...
Canvas, Oil
$6,968
H 22.75 in W 30.75 in D 275 in
19th Century landscape oil painting of a shepherd & flock in a country lane
By George Turner
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
George Turner British, (1843-1910) Near Tonge, Leicestershire Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 15.25 inches x 23.25 inches Size including frame: 22.75 inches x 30.75 inches A cha...
Canvas, Oil
$6,353
H 23.25 in W 29.25 in D 3.5 in
Scottish landscape oil painting of Highland sheep at Loch Tay
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
William Watson Jnr British, (1847-1921) On the Moors, Glen Tay, Perthshire Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1904, further inscribed verso Image size: 12.5 inches x 18.5 inches Size ...
Canvas, Oil
$4,440
H 19.25 in W 26.25 in D 2.5 in
19th Century animal oil painting of calves & ducks at a river
By Claude Cardon
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Claude Cardon British, (1864-1937) Farm Friends Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 13.5 inches x 20.5 inches Size including frame: 19.25 inches x 26.25 inches A tranquil scene of ca...
Canvas, Oil
$3,825
H 19.5 in W 26.5 in D 2.5 in
19th Century landscape oil painting of figures with a donkey & cart
By Arthur Walker Redgate
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Arthur Walker Redgate British, (1860-1906) A Wayside Chat Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 13.5 inches x 20.5 inches Size including frame: 19.5...
Canvas, Oil
$6,831
H 27 in W 37 in D 3 in
19th Century Scottish landscape oil painting of Highland Cattle at a stream
By Robert Watson
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Robert Watson British, (1855-1920) Highland Cattle by a Stream Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1920 Image size: 19.25 inches x 29.25 inches Size including frame: 27 inches x 37 in...
Canvas, Oil