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Description: | As the trend for seaside holidays grew, Polperro in Cornwall became one of the most popular tourist destinations. It is a pretty fishing village dating back to the eleventh century with a rich history of smuggling and privateering. William Harold Dudley visited Polperro ever year and painted many scenes of the town. Like artists of the Newlyn school he was particularly interested in conveying the effects of light on the landscape.
Dudley was born in 1890 and he lived at 92 Salop Street, Bilston with his parents and brother and sisters. His father, Mesach, was an iron worker employed at Bowen's Ironworks and his mother, Mary, was a coal-dealer's daughter from Ettingshall. From an early age Dudley developed a love of art and he was encouraged by his art teacher to study at the Royal College of Art. It would have been a sacrifice for his parents to send him there and they must have recognised their son's talent. During the First World War Dudley worked for the Intelligence Corps in France drawing maps . After the war he taught art, first at Cheltenham School of Art and then in Newport. He and his wife Frances enjoyed travelling and they visited Polperro every year, where Dudley painted local scenes. From 1922-1940 he exhibited 16 works at the prestigious Royal Academy.
Signed: William H Dudley.
Label with name, title and price 140.
Gulls perch on the rooftops of old Polperro. They swarm around the young girl in the green cotton dress who throws bread to them. The day is bright, and the sunlight gleams off the bright slate roofs, and the whitewashed walls. The artist sits high on the hillside, and looks down on the river-boats. One steams down the river, only the plume of smoke visible behind the houses. And on the street, a couple walk down to the river, the girl wearing a white summer dress. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Fine arts Oil painting Oil Paintings Architecture Buildings Art collections | Temporal: | 1910 - 1940
20th century (1900-1999) | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | DUDLEY; William Harold (1890 - 1949) | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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Dudley was born in 1890…
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