Arthur Wardle Animal 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.
Late 19th Century Victorian Arthur Wardle Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Late 19th Century Victorian Arthur Wardle Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1890s Victorian Arthur Wardle Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Oil Pastel
20th Century Modern Arthur Wardle Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1970s Victorian Arthur Wardle Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1860s Victorian Arthur Wardle Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
2010s Contemporary Arthur Wardle Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
20th Century Modern Arthur Wardle Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1970s Victorian Arthur Wardle Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1890s Victorian Arthur Wardle Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Oil Pastel
Early 2000s Contemporary Arthur Wardle Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor
Early 2000s Contemporary Arthur Wardle Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Found Objects, Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Arthur Wardle Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Oil Crayon, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, Other Medium
20th Century Academic Arthur Wardle Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Crayon

