TUNNICLIFFE, Charles Frederick (1901-1979)
Biography
A painter and etcher born Langley, Cheshire. Studied at Manchester and Macclesfield Schools of Art and Royal College of Art.Tunnicliffe was an internationally renowned naturalistic painter of British birds and wildlife and spent most of his working life on the Isle of Anglesey. Much of his work depicted birds in their natural settings and other naturalistic scenes. He illustrated Henry Williamson's Tarka the Otter. His paintings were also used to illustrate Brooke Bond tea cards, and as a result, was seen by millions of young people in the United Kingdom during the 1950s and 1960s. He also illustrated a number of books including the Ladybird Books. His work was characterised by its precision and accuracy, but also the way that he was able to portray birds as they were seen in nature rather than as stiff scientific studies.
