Have you got your tickets for Crufts yet? We're going for the first time this year and are very excited. These three cuties would get our vote. 

Hilda Annetta Walker (1877-1960)

Portrait of Three Pedigree Pekingese Dogs

This gorgeous British 1930's triple dog portrait oil painting is by female artist Hilda Walker. She was born in Yorkshire and studied art in Leeds and London and was also a sculptor. She flourished between 1902 and 1958, continuing to paint well into her late 70's. This lovely painting, painted in 1934 and signed and dated lower left, is of three pedigree Pekingese dogs; Wee Keep, Wee Boy and Wee Sing, sired by Boy Wang from a breeder in Cornwall and their details are inscribed verso. The dogs are sat close together in a group against a light green background, all looking at the artist/viewer, their eyes shining. They are all different shades and Walker has perfectly depicted their soft hair and sweet little faces with great detail and brushwork. The frame housing them is the perfect colour. This is a superb thirties oil painting of not one but three Pekingese dogs and I doubt we'll have it for long. It is also an excellent example of Walker's work in the prime of her artistic career.

Signed and dated 1934 lower left.

Provenance. Details of dogs verso.
Faintly inscribed verso with the names of the dogs; "Wee Keep [?] (bitch), Wee Boy (dog), and Wee Sing (bitch), Sire 'Boy Wang", the breeder is given as 'Mrs Beswetherick of Woon Nr St Austell in Cornwall

Click below for link to this painting
https://www.richardtaylorfineart.com/artist/walker-1/portrait-of-three-pedigree-pekingese-dogs