{"title":"Woodhouse, William Arnold","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Arnold Woodhouse (1857–1939)\u003c\/strong\u003e was an English painter specialising in sporting subjects, particularly dogs, horses, birds and other animals. He was born on 1 October 1857 in Poulton-le-Sands, now part of Morecambe, Lancashire, and spent most of his life in the surrounding area.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe developed an early interest in wildlife and trained at the Lancaster and Nottingham schools of art. Woodhouse became known for realistic animal painting, building on a British tradition associated with \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/landseer-edwin\"\u003eSir Edwin Landseer\u003c\/a\u003e. His pictures often combine careful observation of anatomy and coats with the familiar settings of country life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDogs were among his favourite subjects, especially sporting breeds. In \u003ca href=\"\/products\/woodhouse-william-arnold-1857-1939-english-gordon-setters-with-game\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnglish and Gordon Setters with Game\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, he brings together two types of setter with game birds, a subject reflecting the longstanding association of these dogs with field sports. Similar pictures show retrievers, spaniels, horses and other working animals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWoodhouse married in 1892 and lived at Kenilcote, a house on Chatsworth Road in Morecambe which he designed himself. In 1902 he moved with his family to Auburn Court, whose rural setting provided further subjects for his paintings. He travelled relatively little, preferring to work from the wildlife and landscapes familiar to him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe painted in both oils and watercolour. Examples of his work are held by Lancaster City Museum and Lancaster Maritime Museum, while numerous sporting and animal pictures have passed through private collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWoodhouse died in 1939 and was buried at St Peter's Church in Heysham. His paintings preserve an affectionate, detailed record of animals and rural life in late Victorian and Edwardian England.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"woodhouse-william-arnold-1857-1939-english-gordon-setters-with-game","title":"Woodhouse, William Arnold (1857-1939) - English \u0026 Gordon Setters with Game","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnglish and Gordon Setters with Game\u003c\/em\u003e is a sporting picture by the English animal painter William Arnold Woodhouse (1857–1939). The subject brings together two types of setter, traditionally trained to locate game birds, with the results of a day's shooting. Woodhouse specialised in carefully observed dogs, horses and other animals, often placing them in familiar rural or sporting settings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 JPEG image which is 600 dpi, measuring 4064 pixels wide by 4912 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/woodhouse-william-arnold\"\u003eWilliam Arnold Woodhouse\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64395576967498,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Woodhouse_WilliamArnold_1857-1939_-English_GordonSetterswithGame_main.jpg?v=1794591632"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/Woodhouse_William_Arnold_1857-1939.jpg?v=1794591784","url":"https:\/\/www.publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/woodhouse-william-arnold.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}