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Green, gold and dunn (© The artist's estate)
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© The artist's estate

Green, gold and dunn

Artist: Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe (1901 - 1979)

Location: Nature in Art

Date: late 1960s

Materials: watercolour

Dimensions: 42 x 72cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £1,500 (Total: £5,000)

Vendor: Mary Oliver

Review number: 5718 (2006)

Provenance:
Private collection. On loan to museum 1994-2006.

Description:
Tunnicliffe lived beside the tidal estuary near Anglesey from 1947 until his death and the wildlife of the area became his inspiration and his prime subject matter. He became renown for his measured drawings of birds which he meticulously painted from dead birds, brought to him by friends and neighbours as a reference source.

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