art_history_animalia, 15 days ago to random

#WatercolorWednesday:
Jane Peterson (American, 1876–1965)
Grey Crowned #Cranes
Watercolor, gouache, & pencil on paper
19.5 × 25.75 in (49.5 × 65.4 cm)
https://www.artsy.net/artwork/jane-peterson-grey-crowned-cranes
#BirdsInArt #WomenArtists

art_history_animalia, 1 month ago to parrots

#WatercolorWednesday :
Wilhelm Kuhnert (German, 1865–1926)
Kakadus, c.1910
Watercolor & Gouache on paper, 28 x 17 cm
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kuhnert_Wilhelm_-_Kakadus.jpg
🆔 Pink Cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri) (aka Major Mitchell's Cockatoo / Leadbeater's Cockatoo)
#BirdsInArt #Parrots #Cockatoos

art_history_animalia, 1 month ago to Birds

#WatercolorWednesday :
Hunt Slonem (American, b. 1951)
Untitled (#Birds), 1987
Watercolor & pencil on paper, h. 22-1/2 w. 30 in.
🆔 Gouldian finches (Chloebia gouldiae)
#BirdsInArt
https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/hunt-slonem-american-b-1951-%20%20%20%201-c-15b47f6942

art_history_animalia, 1 month ago to random

#WatercolorWednesday :
Jemima Blackburn (Scottish, 1823-1909) Hedgehog with young in their habitat, 1858
watercolour heightened with white, 23.5 x 33cm
#WomenArtists

https://www.lskauctioncentre.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-2407---jemima-blackburn-1823-1909---hedgehog-with/?lot=540496&so=0&st=&sto=0&au=811&ef=&et=&ic=False&sd=1&pp=96&pn=4&g=1#

art_history_animalia, 1 month ago to random

#WatercolorWednesday: English naturalist George Edwards was born #OTD (3 Apr 1694 – 23 Jul 1773).
Atlas Moth & Hercules Beetle, c.1758
Watercolor w/ gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, each 9×11.1in (22.9×28.3cm)
Yale Center for British Art B1975.3.462,4
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9454
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9454

watercolor study 2: Hercules Beetle, single specimen side profile with wings open

art_history_animalia, 1 month ago to random

#WatercolorWednesday:
A #Ram
India, Mughal, c.1625-50
Opaque watercolor on paper
The Walters Art Museum

“The fourth Mughal Emperor, Jahangir (r. 1605-27) initiated the South Asian practice of painting animal portraits. This ram portrait was created under the reign of his successor, Shah Jahan (r. 1628-58). The clearly beloved animal is decorated with orange makeup on its ankles, hooves, and forehead, a necklace around its chest, and wooly caps on its back.”

gallery label: “A Ram India, 1625-50 Opaque watercolor on paper The fourth Mughal Emperor, Jahangir (r. 1605-27) initiated the South Asian practice of painting animal portraits. This ram portrait was created under the reign of his successor, Shah Jahan (r. 1628-58). The clearly beloved animal is decorated with orange makeup on its ankles, hooves, and forehead, a necklace around its chest, and wooly caps on its back. Gift of John and Berthe Ford, 2003, acc. no. W.899”

art_history_animalia, 3 months ago to random

#WatercolorWednesday:
Laurent de Brunhoff (American, b. France, b. 1925)
“The Gold Medal” and “Stirring the Chocolate” from Babar Learns to Cook, 1989
Watercolor on paper
now on display at “Childhood Favorites: 100 Years of Children’s Book Illustration” exhibition at Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
#elephants

photo of artwork in white mat on display at museum: color illustration of “Stirring the Chocolate” (Babar the Elephant - kitchen scene with five anthropomorphic elephant characters)
Label: Laurent de Brunhoff has created books about the elephant Babar for 60 years, continuing the story created by his parents. His mother, Cécile, created a bedtime story for Laurent and his brother about a little elephant. They loved the story so much, they asked their father, painter Jean de Brunhoff (1899-1937), to draw pictures of the elephant and his family. The Story of Babar (1931) was the first of seven books written and illustrated by Jean. After his father's death in 1937, Laurent was asked to complete the coloring of drawings that had been in preparation for his father's next Babar book,. After studying in Paris, Laurent began creating his own stories about the beloved character from his childhood. His first Babar book, Babar's Cousin, That Rascal Arthur, was published in 1946 when he was 21. Brunhoff has since published 45 books about the elephant king.

art_history_animalia, 4 months ago to random

#WatercolorWednesday:
John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)
Muddy #Alligators, 1917
Watercolor over graphite on paper
H 34.3 cm (13.5 in) x W 52.1 cm (20.5 in)
Worcester Art Museum 1917.86
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sargent_-_Muddy_Alligators.jpg

#impressionism

art_history_animalia, 5 months ago to random

#WatercolorWednesday:
Barbara Regina Dietzsch (German, 1706-1783)
Narcissus & Blue Morning Glory, c. 1760
Watercolor and opaque watercolor on vellum

On display at “Making Her Mark: A History of #WomenArtists in Europe, 1400-1800” exhibition at Baltimore of Art

closeup of Narcissus painting
closeup of Blue Morning Glory painting
gallery label: “Barbara Regina Dietzsch German, 1706-1783 Narcissus Blue Morning Glory c. 1760 Watercolor and opaque watercolor on vellum Butterflies and moths with shimmering wings alight on delicately painted leaves; shiny beetles traverse plants in various stages of blooming. Barbara Regina Dietzsch's flowers not only convey closely observed details of the plant's structure and hues, but also present a miniature drama of insect activity. This combination of realism and narrative is typical of her flower studies, for which she became internationally known during her lifetime. Born into an artistic family in Nuremberg, Germany, a university city with a robust scientific community, Dietzsch specialized in the portrayal of flowers and animals, and trained her sister Margaretha Barbara to paint similar subject matter. Baltimore Museum of Art: The John Dorsey and Robert W. Armacost Acquisitions Endowment, 2020.3, 2020.4”

art_history_animalia, 5 months ago to random

#WatercolorWednesday:
Giovanna Garzoni (Italian, 1600-1670)
Still Life with Birds and Fruit, с. 1650
Watercolor with graphite, heightened with lead white on vellum
25.7 x 41.6 cm (10 1/8 x 16 3/8 in.)
on display at “Making Her Mark: A History of #WomenArtists in Europe, 1400-1800” exhibition at Baltimore Museum of Art
🆔 The 3 smaller birds are European Goldfinches (Carduelis carduelis). The larger bird is a juvenile European Bee-Eater (Merops apiaster).
#BirdsInArt

art_history_animalia, 5 months ago to random

#WatercolorWednesday:
Sarah Stone (British, c. 1760-1844)
Blue and Yellow Macaw, c.1789
Watercolor heightened with opaque watercolor & glazes, with black ink border on paper
on display at “Making Her Mark: A History of #WomenArtists in Europe, 1400-1800” exhibition at Baltimore Museum of Art
#BirdsInArt

gallery sign: “The brilliant blue and gold plumage of this large South American parrot made it especially appealing to European naturalists and explorers, who amassed large specimen collections, some of which became museums. Within this context, Sarah Stone built a career as a painter of birds and animals. As a teenager, Stone was hired by the collector Ashton Lever (1729-1788) to visually document the holdings of his Leverian Museum (now dispersed) in England, which included Indigenous artifacts and animals acquired by British expeditions to the Americas, East Asia, and Australia. Stone's illustrations for the Leverian established her reputation and launched her career as an illustrator and exhibitor at the Royal Academy of London and Society of Artists. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada, Purchase, with funds from the Marvin Gelber Fund, and the Master Print & Drawings Society of Ontario”

art_history_animalia, 6 months ago to Jaguars

For #InternationalJaguarDay on #WatercolorWednesday:
Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795–1875)
Two #Jaguars from Peru, 1833
Watercolour with gouache & India ink
H 242 mm (9.52 in) x W 314 mm (12.36 in)
Musée du Louvre RF4205
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antoine-Louis_Barye_-_Two_Jaguars_from_Peru_-_WGA01389.jpg

art_history_animalia, 6 months ago to random

For #WatercolorWednesday: Mallard Duck in Flight, 1897, by Scottish wildlife artist Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935).
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mallard_Duck_in_Flight_by_Archibald_Thorburn_1897,_watercolor.jpg
#BirdsInArt #Ducks