Arthur Wardle. English ( b.1864 - d.1949 ).Welsh Hounds From The Packs Of Lieutenant Buckley & The Hon. H.C. Wynn.Watercolour.Signed Lower Left.Image size 7.68 inches x 10.83 inches ( 19.5cm x 27.5cm ).Frame size 15.35 inches x 18.11 inches ( 39cm x 46cm ).Available for sale from Big Sky Fine Art in the English county of Dorset, this original painting is by the highly successful artist Arthur Wardle and dates from 1900.The watercolour is presented and supplied in a sympathetic contemporary frame (which is shown in these photographs), mounted using conservation materials and behind non-reflective Tru Vue UltraVue� UV70 glass.This antique painting is in very good condition, commensurate with its age. It wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display.The watercolour is signed lower left.Arthur Wardle was a highly successful artist whose works continue to be sought after and have been widely reproduced on postcards, books, cigarette cards, calendars and even boxes of chocolates. He also produced the famous WW1 recruitment poster �The Empire needs Men!�. He was largely self-taught and received no academic training, yet became one of the pre-eminent animal and sporting painters of his generation. He is particularly well-known for his paintings of dogs.Born in London, Wardle was just sixteen when he had his first piece displayed at the Royal Academy. This was a study of cattle by the River Thames, and was a good indication of what was to be a lifelong interest in painting animals.In 1880 Wardle lived in Oakley Square, Camden, but artistic success enabled him to move to the more fashionable 34 Alma Square in St John''s Wood by 1892. By 1936 Wardle had moved to West London.Wardle was elected to the Pastel Society in 1911 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 ...