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Portrait of a Deerhound, Champion Earl II 1896
Arthur Wardle (1864–1949)
The National Horseracing Museum
Painter of birds and animals, born in London, where he died. Wardle studied privately and at the zoo. He was a prolific exhibitor, showing at RA from 1880–1935; he was a member of PS, RI and RBC; and he also showed widely at RBA, ROI and Arthur Tooth and Sons. His first one-man show was at Fine Art Society in 1931. Tate Gallery holds his study Fate, a Chantrey Bequest purchase in 1904. Work also held by Victoria & Albert Museum and Leeds City Art Gallery. Was included in The British Sporting Art Trust’s 1983 show at Alpine Gallery.
Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)