Painting Portrait White Poodle Dog by Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe

British fine 20th Century art watercolour painting animal portrait of a white Poodle Dog by Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe (OBE RA 1901-1979). Impress your clients & guests in your home or office with this animal masterpiece. Title “Portrait of a Poodle in front of Rhododendron Bushes". Subject portrait study of a poodle in full length side profile facing left, the cute adorable white poodle with red collar is standing proud in front of light pink, orange & maroon Rhododendron flower Bushes. The hue colours are so vibrant and really stand a feature you will rather love. Unsigned, studio stamped verso by the known listed artist Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe OBE, RA. Medium pencil & watercolour with a front protective glass cover. Artist biography Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe, Obe, Ra (1 December 1901 - 7 February 1979) was an internationally renowned naturalistic painter of British birds and other wildlife. His works have been exhibited in galleries & sold in auction houses around the world. The current highest sold price is $24,174 US Dollars. He spent most of his working life on the Isle of Anglesey. He is popularly known for his illustrations for the novel Tarka the Otter. Tunnicliffe was born in 1901 in Langley, Macclesfield, England, the fourth surviving child of William Tunnicliffe (died 20 June 1925) of Lane Ends Farm, Sutton, near Macclesfield, a tenant farmer, formerly a boot and shoemaker, and Margaret (died 21 February 1942). He spent his early years living on the farm at Sutton, where he saw much wildlife. As a young boy he attended Sutton St. James' C.E. Primary School, and in 1916 he began to study at the Macclesfield School of Art. He went on to win a scholarship to the Royal College of Art in London. He married in 1929 at the Methodist Church, Whalley Range, Manchester, to Winifred Wonnacott (24 June 1902 – 27 June 1969), a fellow art student, from Hollywood, near Belfast. In 1947 he moved from Manchester to a house called "Shorelands" at Malltraeth, on the estuary of the Afon Cefni on Anglesey, where he lived until his death in 1979. Tunnicliffe worked in several media, including watercolour painting, etching and aquatint, wood engraving, woodcut, scraperboard(sometimes called scratchboard), and oil painting. Much of Tunnicliffe's work depicted birds in their natural settings and other naturalistic scenes. He illustrated Henry Williamson's 1927 novel Tarka the Otter. His work was also used to illustrate Brooke Bond tea cardsand as a result was seen by millions of young people in the United Kingdom during the 1950s and 1960s. He also illustrated a number of books, including the Ladybird books. His work was characterised by its precision and accuracy, but also by the way in which he was able to portray birds as they were seen in nature rather than as stiff scientific studies. From March 1953, he painted many of the cover illustrations for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds's (Rspb) magazine Bird Notes, and several for the later Birds magazines. Two of the originals are on long-term loan to the gallery at Oriel Ynys Môn, but in 1995 the Rspb sold 114 at a Sotheby's auction, raising £210,000. At his death, there was some dispute over Tunnicliffe's real intention for his body of work. However, much of his personal collection of work was finally bequeathed to Anglesey council on the condition that it was housed together and made available for public viewing. This body of work can now be seen at Oriel Ynys Môn (The Anglesey Gallery) near Llangefni. His work is still celebrated with the Charles and Winifred Tunnicliffe Memorial Art Competition, which is held annually at Hollinhey Primary School, Sutton, which itself is built on land which was formerly part of the farm he lived on as a boy. Honours • 1944 – Associate of the Royal Academy • 1954 – Fellow of the Royal Academy • 1975 – Rspb Gold Medal • 1978 – Obe Tunnicliffe was the subject of a 1981 BBC Wales television documentary, True to Nature, produced by Derek Trimby and narrated by Robert Dougall. Provenance this is an important work one of the last paintings that Tunnicliffe painted before he died in 1979 from artist own studio posthumously exhibited in 1980 stamped verso, Middle shire high end auction label & in collection of Cheshire Antiques Consultant Ltd. Ready for immediate home wall display with hanging thread verso. Incredible conversation piece for your guests. We only select & sell paintings based upon subject, quality & significance. We understand your purchase is for your home or as an investment. We provide our clients with friendly professional expert customer service. Viewings are welcome by appointment only for customer support please send a message thank you. Browse our other exciting Fine Arts, antiques & collectibles available in our shop gallery.