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Louis Agassiz Fuertes (February 7, 1874 – August 22, 1927) was an American ornithologist, illustrator and artist who set the rigorous and current-day standards for ornithological art and naturalist depiction and is considered one of the most prolific American bird artists, second only to his guiding professional predecessor John James Audubon.
Georgia O'Keeffe, Untitled, vase of flowers, watercolor on paper, 17 + 3 ⁄ 4 in × 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (45.1 cm × 29.2 cm), between 1903 and 1905. O'Keeffe experimented with depicting flowers in her high school art class. Her teacher explained how important it was to examine the flower before drawing it.
Above all, the hybrid tea roses with their lush flower shape and countless colour variations held a special fascination. [17] In line with this, the painter used heavy, tinted paper. The background of the picture was usually designed with watercolours, the actual motif was created by applying water-soluble top paints.
To create his monochrome paintings in diluted greys and black ink, Sesshū used black sumi, meaning charcoal or soot-based solid ink on paper or silk, thus following the art of sumi-e [8] Some of Sesshū's most acclaimed works include Winter Landscape (c. 1470s), Four Landscape Scrolls of the Seasons (c. 1420 – 1506) and, Birds and Flowers (c ...
Fidelia Bridges (May 19, 1834 – May 14, 1923) was an American artist of the late 19th century. She was known for delicately detailed paintings that captured flowers, plants, and birds in their natural settings. Although she began as an oil painter, she later gained a reputation as an expert in watercolor painting.
Australia's Brilliant Daughter Ellis Rowan: Artist, Naturalist, Explorer 1848–1922 (1984) by Margaret Hazzard. ISBN 0-909104-73-5; Flower Paintings of Ellis Rowan from the Collection of the National Library of Australia (1982) by M. Hazzard and H. Hewson. ISBN 0-642-89730-1; Ellis Rowan: A Flower-Hunter in Queensland (1990) by J. McKay.
He adopted certain elements of Chinese and Japanese art, including the use of thin paper and ink drawing. He painted birds, pine trees, and waves. Works such as Blind Bird showed the influence of Mark Tobey, who was in turn inspired by Asian calligraphy. Graves switched from oils to gouaches, his birds became psychedelic, mystic, en route to ...
Lawrence A. "Larry" Bird or Larry Littlebird (born 1941) is a United American Kewa Pueblo/Laguna Pueblo painter, filmmaker, actor and writer from Santo Domingo, New Mexico. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He has utilized ink and tempera in his works, which often display a loose, abstracted style.