Maud Alice Earl Chow Portraits,Cecil Aldin
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MAUD ALICE EARL CHOW PORTRAITS An Original Vintage Book Color Art Print dating from 1934 of Ch. Papoose By Maud Earl. Hutchinsons Dog Encyclopedia SOURCE: Wikipedia- Maude Alice Earl (1864-1943)was born in London, the daughter of artist George Earl and his first wife Alice Beaumont Rawlins. Maud’s profession was the continuation of a family tradition. Her father George, her uncle Thomas Earl and her half brother Percy Earl were also animal painters of note. George Earl, an avid sportsman and noted sporting painter, was his daughter’s first teacher and had his daughter study the anatomy of her subjects, drawing dog, horse and human skeletons to improve her skill. She later said that her father’s instruction had given her ability that set her apart from other dog painters. After her father’s tutelage Maud went on to study at Royal Female School of Art (later incorporated into the Central School of Art). The artist Maud Alice Earl Earl became famous during the Victorian Era, a time when women were not expected to make their living at painting. Nevertheless, she developed a select clientele, including Royals amongst her patrons such as Queen Victoria and Queen Alexandra. Although evidently extremely successful in England, Earl felt that the world she knew had been destroyed by World War I and she emigrated to New York City in 1916. By this time her work had received wide international recognition and her popular images were published in a number of books and in print form. The Sportsman’s Year featured twelve of Earl’s works as engravings. ABOVE: CHOW-CHOWS OWNED BY MRS. SCARAMANGA. 1. THEEM WKHY 2. RED CRAZE 3. WIGGLES AND 4L HAH-KWHY. Pedigree below each. From a painting by Maud Earl. Published in “The New Book of the Dog” by R. Leighton, Cassell & Co., 1912. Maud Earl’s career can be said to have developed through four styles. Her earlier dog portraits, painted between 1880 and 1900, display a rich, naturalistic style. Between 1900 and 1915 these portraits took on a sketchier, looser style, although still highly finished. Earl entered what she called her oriental style during her first few years in the United States. During this time she painted delicate pictures of birds and she believed these to be some of her best works. Finally, she painted stylized dog portraits during the 1930s. CECIL ALDIN CHOW ILLUSTRATIONS From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia PORTRAIT OF CECIL ALDIN AND HIS DOG Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin (28 April 1870 – 6 January 1935) was a British artist and illustrator best known for his paintings and sketches of animals, sports, and rural life. Born 28 April 1870. He was educated at Eastbourne College, then Solihull Grammar School. Cecil Aldin’s father was a keen amateur artist so Cecil started drawing at a very young age. He studied art at the studio of Albert Moore and then the National Art Training School which later became The Royal College of Art. After this he spent a summer with the animal painter and teacher, Frank Calderon. In 1892 he bombarded periodicals with his illustrations, and thereby started a long association with The Illustrated London News. He was commissioned by The Pall Mall Budget in 1894 to illustrate “The Jungle Book” by Rudyard Kipling. At the invitation of the fine genre painter, Walter Dendy Sadler he stayed at Chiddingstone where he made close friends with Phil May, John Hassall and Lance Thackeray and along with them, Dudley Hardy and Tom Browne they founded the London Sketch Club. The birth of his son and daughter inspired his nursery pictures which together with his large sets of the Fallowfield Hunt, Bluemarket Races, Harefield Harriers and Cottesbrook Hunt prints brought him much popularity. This was enhanced by his ever expanding book and magazine illustrative work. An exhibition in Paris in 1909 was received with much acclaim and extended his fame to a wider audience. Aldin moved to the Henley area as his interest in hunting, horses and dogs increased and in 1910 he became Master of the South Berkshire Hunt as well as being associated with other local packs. During the First World War Cecil Aldin was in charge of an Army Remount Depot where he became a friend of Lionel Edwards, Alfred Munnings G.D. Armour and Cedric Morris. Sadly he lost his son, Dudley at Vimy Ridge in 1917, which affected him deeply for many years and had a profound effect of his style of work. After the war Aldin spent much of his time organising pony and dog shows, particularly in Exmoor, where he followed the Devon and Somerset Staghounds. In the 1920?s he added further prints of hunting scenes to create a series of “The Hunting Countries” as well as concentrating on his ever popular studies of his own and ?visiting? dogs. He also produced a series of prints depicting Old Inns, Old Manor Houses and Cathedrals. In 1930 Cecil Aldin had to go and live in a warmer climate due to serious attacks of arthritis but he continued to paint and etch, producing some of his best work. He died in London of a heart attack in January 1935 on a short trip back home. Many of these drawings are bookplates from “Just Among Friends” Pages from My Sketch Books by Cecil Aldin Originally published by Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1934. The artist calls these drawings “studies of types and poses, expression or character” which do indeed capture the personalities of the dogs. One of twenty-seven single sided brown pages of studies, mostly in charcoal with occasional white and coloured highlights ARTHUR WARDLE CHOW ILLUSTRATIONS From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Arthur Wardle (1860–1949) was an English painter. Born in London, aged just sixteen Wardle had a piece displayed at the Royal Academy. His first exhibit was a study of cattle by the River Thames, leading to a lifelong interest in painting animals. In 1880 Wardle lived in Oakley Square, Camden, but artistic success enabled him to move to the more upmarket 34 Alma Square in St John’s Wood by 1892. Wardle was prolific; until 1936 he exhibited more than 100 works at the Royal Academy,[1] as well as the Society of British Artists at Suffolk Street.[2] He painted a variety of animal subjects with equal skill but his work may be divided into two categories, domestic and exotic; animals from overseas including leopards, polar bears and tigers such as The Deer-Stealer (1915) [1] were painted from sketches that he made at London Zoo. He is considered equally proficient in oils, watercolours and pastels and was elected to the Pastel Society in 1911 [3] and became a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours in 1922. In 1931 he held his first one man exhibition at the Fine Art Society and in 1935 the Vicar’s Gallery put on an exhibition of his work. He also exhibited in Paris. By 1936 Wardle had moved to West London. His career was highly successful and his works continue to be sought after and widely reproduced on postcards, calendars and boxes of chocolates. He remains one of the widely known dog painters of the 19th and 20th Centuries, and he is particularly known for his paintings of terriers. Wardle painted what is probably the best known painting of the fox terrier in its modern form, The Totteridge XI (1897).[4] The painting was commissioned by famed smooth fox terrier breeder Francis Redmond; Wardle painted a number of Redmond’s dogs. The original is in the gallery of The Kennel Club in London. Photo Mutual Art Auctions- Closed auction Artist Arthur Wardle- Original watercolors that were auctioned by Mutual Art. How amazing these chows are!! The group of dog studies includes; Black and Red Chow Chow, Chihuahua, Esquimaux and Dingo SOURCE: MUTUAL ART AUCTIONS.