Arthur Royce Bradbury
Arthur Royce Bradbury was born on September 17, 1892, in Preston, Lancashire. He specialized in painting portraits, landscapes and marine scapes in oil, watercolor and pastel. Bradbury was also an accomplished etcher and teacher at the Pembroke Lodge School and Wimborne Grammar School. He studied at the St. John’s Wood School of Art before being accepted at the Royal Academy Schools. In 1913, Bradbury was recorded as living at Bournemouth, then Parkstone, Dorset in 1915 before finally settling in Poole for many years. He served as a cadet in Mercantile Marine serving for them on the West African trade route, before taking up art. It was then that he made several voyages on the barquentine ‘Waterwitch’ carrying coal and china clay from Cornish ports. The ‘Waterwitch’ was the last trading square-rigger in British service at that time. Bradbury became an Associate of the Royal West of England Academy and exhibited there and widely elsewhere, mostly portraits. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1913 a work titled Iris and went on to exhibit fourteen works there. Examples of his work may be seen at the Liverpool and Brighton Public Art Galleries.
1950s Post-Impressionist Arthur Royce Bradbury
Paper, Charcoal
1940s Arthur Royce Bradbury
Paper, Graphite
1920s Arthur Royce Bradbury
Oil
1950s Post-Impressionist Arthur Royce Bradbury
Charcoal, Paper
1940s Post-Impressionist Arthur Royce Bradbury
Oil, Canvas
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Arthur Royce Bradbury
Oil
1990s Fauvist Arthur Royce Bradbury
Canvas, Oil
1960s Fauvist Arthur Royce Bradbury
Watercolor, Paper
1980s Fauvist Arthur Royce Bradbury
Charcoal, Oil Crayon, Cardboard
1930s Expressionist Arthur Royce Bradbury
Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
1970s Fauvist Arthur Royce Bradbury
Paper, Watercolor
1950s Post-Impressionist Arthur Royce Bradbury
Gouache, Paper, Watercolor
Artist Comments
In a subway station, commuters engage in various pastimes as they wait for the train to arrive. One reads a newspaper, another talks on a cell phone, while the rest occupy themselves with their thoughts. Amidst the bustle, mumbled conversations, and rumbling railway noises, the red-haired woman sits with her eyes closed, immersed in a contemplative moment.
About the Artist
Words that describe this painting: train, subway, cellphone, newspaper, reading, waiting, Isabel Bishop, Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, primitivism, travel, text, urban, people, travel, primitive, oil painting, grey
Anywhere
Connie Millholland...
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Arthur Royce Bradbury
Oil
Artist Comments
The painting depicts a typical day of commuting, with passengers lost in thought or absorbed in their phones as they await their stops. The lack of direct interaction between them highlights the solitary yet collective experience of modern urban life. Their different colored attire adds vibrancy to the everyday scene.
About the Artist
Words that describe this painting: bus, cellphone, waiting, sitting, autumn, season, travel, sitting, text, vehicle, people, travel, primitive, oil painting, beige
Bus People
Connie Millholland...
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Arthur Royce Bradbury
Oil
2010s Post-Impressionist Arthur Royce Bradbury
Oil
2010s Contemporary Arthur Royce Bradbury
Panel, Oil