Patrick McArdle
(1915-1997)
Born in 1915 in Nottingham, England, Patrick McArdle began his art studies with the French painter Amadee Ozenfant. After emigrating to the United States, McArdle enrolled to the Art Students League in New York City, where he was a student of renowned instructor Hans Hoffmann. During summers spent in Harpswell, Maine, McArdle also studied with noted marine artist Jay Hall Connaway.
McArdle’s joy in painting is clearly exhibited in his artwork, where colorful figures engage in all manner of activity, such as cavorting on the beach and ice skating in parks. Comparisons to the great post-impressionist Henri Matisse come readily to mind. McArdle’s confident and spare brushwork mark him as a true Modernist.
Artwork
Beach Scene with Umbrellas
Oil on board, 16 x 20 inches
$3,500
Playing Soccer
Oil, 18 x 24 inches
$4,500
Circle of Skaters
16x20", oil on canvasboard
$3,500
Jittery Skater
11x14", oil on canvasboard
$1,900
Go Kart Race
Oil on canvas, 9 x 12 inches
$1,500
Port Jefferson
Oil, 12 x 16 inches
$2,500
Still-life with Table Setting
11x14", oil on canvasboard
$1,900
Port Jefferson II
Oil, 9 x 12
$1,500