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1901–1979 · Artist · Illustrator · Printmaker

Charles Tunnicliffe

One of Britain’s most celebrated wildlife artists — a lifelong observer of birds, animals, working landscapes and the natural life of Anglesey and beyond.

Original temporary illustration of curlews feeding by a Welsh estuary
Temporary AI-generated landscape illustration, awaiting an approved Estate image. This is not a work by Charles Tunnicliffe.

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Timeline

From Cheshire farmland to Anglesey shores

Born in 1901, trained at the Royal College of Art, celebrated for Tarka the Otter, elected Royal Academician, and from 1947 rooted at Malltraeth — Tunnicliffe’s life maps a century of British natural history through the eye of an artist.

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Research resources section opened

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The Estate

How the family administers Charles Tunnicliffe’s legacy alongside museums and the Charles Tunnicliffe Society.

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A sense of the countryside

Field, river and shore

Temporary AI-generated illustrations, not works by Charles Tunnicliffe. These imagined scenes are not Estate collection records and are not available for licensing.

Kingfisher beside the river — temporary wildlife illustration
Kingfisher beside the river Temporary illustration
Hares in a spring meadow — temporary wildlife illustration
Hares in a spring meadow Temporary illustration
Barn owl at dusk — temporary wildlife illustration
Barn owl at dusk Temporary illustration