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Richard David Shepherd CBE FRSA FGRA (25 April 1931 – 19 September 2017) [1] was a British artist and one of the world's most outspoken conservationists. [2] He was most famous for his paintings of steam locomotives (he owned a number of them) and wildlife, although he also often painted aircraft, portraits (notably The Queen Mother) and landscapes.
David Shepherd (producer) (1924–2018), American producer, director, and actor; David Shepherd (artist) (1931–2017), British artist; David Shepard (film preservationist) (1940–2017), American film preservationist; David Shepard (politician) (1947–2021), American politician, former Democratic member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
Composite art has a history in two prominent traditions – Hindu and Mughal. The earliest known example of composite art is found in a Jain manuscript known as Devasano Pado Kalpasutra from the late 15th century, which is an amalgamation of an elephant and a horse. A similar example from South India is from the late 16th century in Vijayanagar ...
Sir Herbert Edward Read, DSO, MC (/ r iː d /; 4 December 1893 – 12 June 1968) was an English art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopher, best known for numerous books on art, which included influential volumes on the role of art in education.
The 1.6 metre tall fiberglass elephants were given to local artists who were tasked with decorating them however they chose. [13] In total, 58 large elephant sculptures were designed. As it was the main source of income, the large herd was deemed the most important part of the fundraising project.
Hunt has been the lead artist at five exhibitions in the US and in 1998, was the first non-American painter to be voted into the American Wildlife Art Hall of Fame. In 1999, he was chosen as Artist of the Year for the Florida Wildlife Art Expo. Hunt's paintings have been sold at international auction houses: Christie's [11] Sotheby's; Phillips
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The Elephants Artist Salvador Dalí Year 1948 Medium Oil on canvas Movement Surrealism Dimensions 49 cm × 60 cm (19 in × 24 in) Location Private collection The Elephants is a 1948 painting by the Catalan surrealist artist Salvador Dalí. Background The elephant is a recurring theme in the works of Dalí, first appearing in his 1944 work Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a ...