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Charles
Tunnicliffe Society Established 2005 "To promote greater awareness of the life and work of Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe OBE, RA 1901-1979" |
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In 1981 Anglesey Borough Council acquired a large collection of work by the late
Charles Tunnicliffe. The work was due to be sold by Christies, but at the last moment funds
from various sources were found to purchase the collection and the sale was cancelled.
The collection is now kept at Oriel Môn, where there are more than a thousand examples of his
work, including fifty of his sketchbooks. Also included in the collection at are over 350 detailed
measured post-mortem drawings of birds and animals, together with examples of early work from
his native Cheshire and work from his student days - plus figure drawings, architectural drawings,
pencil sketches, pastel work, cartoon drawings, commercial artwork, book illustrations, etchings,
wood engravings & wood blocks, oil paintings, watercolours, charcoal drawings, scraperboards, etc.
Admission is free and there is ample free car parking.
The following images represent just a small selection of Tunnicliffe's artwork at Oriel Môn:
Artwork for Tunnicliffe's book "Mereside Chronicle"
A large watercolour painting
One of six pieces of artwork created for "Cussons"
A rare etching/aquatint
One of the the many measured drawings of birds
One of the larger measured drawings of animals
An oil painting for Boots the Chemist (The Plough Team)
A large detailed sketch of Holyhead Docks
A figure drawing in pencil
The 2011 publication by Oriel Môn
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