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Photographer, portrait painter and miniaturist who exhibited with the West Australian Society of Arts in 1896-7. His exhibits included scenes, wildflowers, portraits and studies of people and casts. He owned the Royal Studio, later Bardwell-Clarke Studios, in Hay Street over the Bon March_ Arcade. In the 1912 exhibition he was written up after Miguel McKinlay and F. E. Allum: “Another striking oil painting is Yorkshire Cottages by the brush of Mr Bardwell Clarke. The toning is is exceedingly artistic, the work faithful yet not over-burdened with detail and there is apparent in the picture that feeling which can only come when an artist loves his work.” In 1920 he exhibited watercolours of Perth Water at Night; Kookaburra Hut at Night; The Old Track; Salt Lakes at Rottnest; Morning in the Hills; Winter Showers and other works. In 1921 he moved to the new Sheffield House in Hay Street and exhibited four watercolours Moonlight at Rottnest; Twilight; In Silent Places and The Three Sentinels. In 1922 his entries were two watercolours. In 1929 he exhibited six watercolours and an oil painting of Phillip Collier, the Premier. His 1930 exhibits were Dusk and Evening Glow; Misty Morning, King’s Park and several more. In the 1941 Wise’s Western Australian Post Office Directory Bardwell-Clarke is listed under artists at 713 St George’s Terrace, Perth. A pen and wash sketch of his is held by the J. S. Battye Library in Perth.

Writers:

Dr Dorothy Erickson

Date written:

2010

Last updated:

2011