Charles Tunnicliffe
Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe | |
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Born | |
Died | 7 February 1979 Malltraeth, Anglesey, Wales | (aged 77)
Awards | Fellow of the Royal Academy RSPB Gold Medal OBE |
Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe,
Life
Tunnicliffe was born in 1901 in
He married in 1929 at the Methodist Church, Whalley Range, Manchester, to Winifred Wonnacott (24 June 1902 – 27 June 1969),[8][9] a fellow art student, from Hollywood, near Belfast.[6][10]
In 1947 he moved from
Work
Tunnicliffe worked in several media, including
Much of Tunnicliffe's work depicted birds in their natural settings and other naturalistic scenes. He illustrated
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; the most expensive being a picture of a partridge, which sold for £6,440.[12]
At his death, there was some dispute over Tunnicliffe's real intention[13] 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,
Honours
- 1944 – Associate of the Royal Academy
- 1954 – Fellow of the Royal Academy
- 1975 – RSPB Gold Medal
- 1978 – OBE[15]
Tunnicliffe was the subject of a 1981 BBC Wales television documentary, True to Nature, produced by Derek Trimby and narrated by Robert Dougall.[16][17]
Bibliography
At least 250 books used Tunnicliffe's illustrations, including:
- 1932 – Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson. Putnam: London.
- 1933 – The Lone Swallows, and other essays of boyhood and youth, by Henry Williamson. Putnam.
- 1933 – The Old Stag and Other Hunting Stories, by Henry Williamson. Putnam.
- 1933 – On Foot in Devon. Or, Guidance and Gossip being a Monologue in Two Reels, by Henry Williamson. Alexander Maclehose & Co: London.
- 1933 – The Star-Born, by Henry Williamson. Faber: London.
- 1934 – Beasts Royal, by Patrick Russ (Patrick O'Brian). Putnam.
- 1934 – The Peregrine's Saga and Other Wild Tales, by Henry Williamson. Putnam.
- 1934 – Tales from Ebony, by Harcourt Williams. Putnam.
- 1936 – Pool and Rapid. The story of a river, by R.L. Haig-Brown. Cape: London.
- 1936 – Salar the Salmon, by Henry Williamson. Faber.
- 1937 – Ambush of Young Days, by Alison Uttley. Faber.
- 1937 – A Book of Birds, by Mary Priestley. Gollancz: London.
- 1937 – The Sky's Their Highway, by Kenneth Williamson. Putnam.
- 1940 – The Seasons and the Gardener: A Book for Children, by H. E. Bates. CUP.
- 1940 – Wonders of Nature: How Animals and Plants Live and Behave in Relation to Their Natural Surroundings, by C.F. Tunnicliffe. Odham's Press.
- 1941 – Nature Abounding, by E. L. Grant Watson. Faber.
- 1941 – Profitable Wonders: Some Problems of Plant & Animal Life, by E.L. Grant Watson. Country Life: London.
- 1941 – The Seasons and the Fisherman: A Book for Children, by Frank Fraser Darling. CUP.
- 1941 – The Seasons and the Woodman: A Book for Children, by D H Chapman
- 1941 – The Story of a Norfolk Farm, by Henry Williamson. Faber.
- 1942 – In the Heart of the Country, by H.E. Bates. Country Life.
- 1942 – My Country Book, by C.F. Tunnicliffe. The Studio: London.
- 1942 – Going Fishing: The story of some rods and the places they take you to, by Negley Farson. Country Life.
- 1943 – O More Than Happy Countryman, by H.E. Bates. Country Life.
- 1943 – Walking with Fancy, by E.L. Grant Watson. Country Life.
- 1944 – Exploring England: an introduction to nature craft, by Charles S. Bayne. Collins: London.
- 1944 – The Seasons and the Farmer: A Book for Children, by Frank Fraser Darling. CUP.
- 1945 – Bird Portraiture, by C.F. Tunnicliffe. (How to Do It series No.35). The Studio: London.
- 1945 – Call of the Birds, by Charles S. Bayne. Collins. (First published 1929, revised 1945).
- 1945 – Farmer Jim, by D. H. Chapman. George Harrap & Co.
- 1945 – Green Tide, by Richard Church. Country Life.
- 1945 – My Friend Flicka, by Mary O'Hara. Eyre & Spottiswoode.
- 1946 – Country Things, by Alison Uttley. Faber.
- 1946 – Happy Countryman, by C.H. Warren. Eyre & Spottiswoode.
- 1946 – Wandering with Nomad. Thrilling Adventures Among the Wild Life of the Countryside, by Norman Ellison. University of London Press.
- 1947 – Angling Conclusions, by W.F.R. Reynolds. Faber.
- 1947 – How to Draw Farm Animals by C. F. Tunnicliffe. The Studio: London.
- 1947 – The Leaves Return, by E.L. Grant Watson. Country Life.
- 1947 – The Long Flight, by Terence Horsley. Country Life.
- 1947 – Fishing and Flying, by Terence Horsley. Eyre & Spottiswoode.
- 1947 – Our Bird Book, by Sidney Rogerson. Collins.
- 1947 – Out of Doors with Nomad, by Norman Ellison. University of London Press.
- 1948 – Carts and Candlesticks, by Alison Uttley. Faber.
- 1948 – The Cinnamon Bird, by Ronald Lockley. Staples Press.
- 1948 – Mereside Chronicle: with a short interlude of lochs and lochans, by C.F. Tunnicliffe. Country Life.
- 1948 – Over the hills with Nomad: More Adventures in Search of Our Wild Life, by Norman Frederick Ellison. University of London Press.
- 1949 – Both Sides of the Road. A Book about Farming, by Sidney Rogerson. Collins.
- 1949 – Rivermouth, by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. Eyre & Spottiswoode: London.
- 1949 – Roving with Nomad, by Norman Ellison. University of London Press.
- 1949 – Wild Life in a Southern County, by Lutterworth Press.
- 1950 – Adventuring with Nomad, by Norman Ellison. University of London Press.
- 1950 – Island of Skomer, by John Buxton and Ronald Lockley. Staples Press.
- 1951 – Punchbowl Midnight, by Monica Edwards. Collins.
- 1951 – Northwards with Nomad, by Norman Ellison. University of London Press.
- 1952 – Birds of the Estuary, by C.F. Tunnicliffe. Penguin Books.
- 1952 – Plowmen's Clocks, by Alison Uttley. Faber.
- 1952 – Shorelands Summer Diary, by C.F. Tunnicliffe. Macmillan.
- 1952 – Under the Sea Wind – A Naturalist's Picture of Ocean Life, by Rachel Carson. Staples Press: London. (First UK edition).
- 1953 – The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway, C.F. Tunnicliffe and Raymond Sheppard. Reprint Society. (First illustrated edition).[18]
- 1953 – Puffins, by Ronald Lockley. Dent: London.
- 1956 – Here's a New Day, by Alison Uttley. Faber.
- 1957 – Come Out of Doors, by C.D. Dimsdale. Hutchinson: London.
- 1957 – A Year in the Country, by Alison Uttley. Faber.
- 1959 – The Swans fly over, by Alison Uttley. Faber.
- 1959 – What to look for in Winter, by E.L. Grant Watson. (Ladybird Nature Book series 536). Wills & Hepworth: Loughborough.
- 1960 – The Horse in the Furrow, by George Ewart Evans. Faber & Faber.
- 1960 – Something for Nothing: Twelve Essays, by Alison Uttley. Faber & Faber.
- 1960 – What to look for in Autumn, by E.L. Grant Watson. (Ladybird Nature Book series 536). Wills & Hepworth: Loughborough.
- 1960 – What to look for in Summer, by E.L. Grant Watson. (Ladybird Nature Book series 536). Wills & Hepworth: Loughborough.
- 1961 – British Birds of the Wild Places, by J. Wentworth Day. Blandford: London.
- 1961 – What to look for in Spring, by E.L. Grant Watson. (Ladybird Nature Book series 536). Wills & Hepworth: Loughborough.
- 1962 – Wild Honey, by Alison Uttley. Faber.
- 1963 – The Farm, by M.E. Gagg. Wills & Hepworth Ltd.
- 1964 – Cuckoo in June, by Alison Uttley. Faber.
- 1966 – Dawn, Dusk and Deer, by Arthur Cadman. Country Life.
- 1966 – A Peck of Gold, by Alison Uttley. Faber.
- 1967 – A Galloway Childhood, by Heinemann.
- 1968 – The Button-Box and Other Essays, by Alison Uttley. Faber.
- 1968 – A Fowler's World: an account of days on the marsh and estuary, by Ian Niall. Heinemann.
- 1968 – Know Your Broadleaves, by H.L. Edlin. (Forestry Commission Booklet No 20). HMSO: London.
- 1969 – The Country Child, by Alison Uttley. Penguin Books: Middlesex.
- 1969 – The Island, by Ronald Lockley. André Deutsch.
- 1969 – The Valley, by Elizabeth Clarke. Faber.
- 1972 – Secret Places and other Essays, by Alison Uttley. Faber.
- 1978 – Up with the Country Lark, by Nellie Brocklehurst. Arthur H. Stockwell: Devon. ISBN 0-7223-1097-8
- 1979 – RSPB Book of Garden Birds, by Linda Bennett. Hamlyn. ISBN 0-600-31422-7
- 1979 – A Sketchbook of Birds, by C.F. Tunnicliffe, with an introduction by Ian Niall. Gollancz. ISBN 0-575-02640-5
- 1980 – Portrait of a Country Artist. Charles Tunnicliffe R.A. 1901 – 1979, by Ian Niall. Gollancz. ISBN 0-575-02868-8
- 1981 – Sketches of Birdlife, with introduction and commentary by ISBN 0-575-03036-4
- 1984 – Country World, by Alison Uttley. Faber. ISBN 0-571-13328-2
- 1984 – Tunnicliffe's Birds, by C.F. Tunnicliffe. ISBN 1-199-07825-5
- 1986 – The Happy Countryman, by H.E. Bates. Salem House Publishers: USA. ISBN 0-948164-23-9
- 1986 – The Peverel Papers. A Yearbook of the Countryside, by Flora Thompson; ed. J. Shuckburgh. Century: London. ISBN 0-7126-1296-3
- 1986 – Tunnicliffe's Countryside, by C.F. Tunnicliffe. ISBN 0-907745-02-4
- 1992 – Shorelands Winter Diary, by C.F. Tunnicliffe. Constable and Robinson. ISBN 1-85487-139-0
- 1993 – The Way of a Countryman, by Ian Niall. White Lion. ISBN 978-1-874762-04-1
- 1996 – The Peregrine Sketchbook, by C.F. Tunnicliffe, ISBN 978-1-900318-02-0
Further reading
- Ian Niall, Portrait of a Country Artist C. F. Tunnicliffe R.A. (1980)
See also
References
- ^ Wildlife Art Archived 20 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Principal Probate Registry calendars 1925, T-Tu, p. 143
- ^ 1901 England Census – National Archives, RG13/3315, f. 29, p. 7
- ^ 1911 England Census – National Archives, RG14/21493, ED. 6, Schedule 22
- ^ Principal Probate Registry calendars 1942, T-Tu, p. 690
- ^ a b "Isle of Anglesey - Tourism - Monthly Event".
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6
- ^ England & Wales, Death Index, 1916–2007
- ^ Principal Probate Registry calendars 1969, T-Tu, p. 267
- ^ England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916–2005
- ^ Events unveiled to mark anniversary of Cheshire artist, Cheshire East Council, 20 October 2021, retrieved 31 October 2021
- ^ RSPB Birds magazine, Vol 16 No 01, February–April 1996, page 10
- ^ "Artquest". Artquest. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ Charles and Winifred Tunnicliffe Memorial Art Competition at Hollinhey Primary School Archived 20 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Charles Tunnicliffe Society: A Short Biography
- ISBN 0-575-03036-4
- ^ Bfi page on True to nature
- OCLC 753154930.