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Wardle, Peter (1929–2016), artist
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Dates of existence
1929–2016
History
Peter Wardle studied at Leicester School of Art and the Ruskin School of Art, Oxford. He has been a professional portrait painter for more than forty years, working in Oxford, Toulouse, and London. His portraits can be found in many Oxford and Cambridge colleges, the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, and the National Portrait Gallery in London. His portrait of Sir Peter Strawson was featured in the Guardian, Wednesday February 15 2006. He regularly exhibits with the Royal Portrait Society and has held one man exhibitions in London, Oxford, Toulouse, Strasbourg, Paris and Lisbon.