20th-21st Century Wildlife Art

 

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TFAO suggests these books:

American Wildlife Art, by David J.Wagner. Amazon.com describes the book as follows:

Bookshelves abound with accounts of wildlife artists and their artistry, but no book is truly comparable to American Wildlife Art. In American Wildlife Art, scholar and curator David J. Wagner tells the story of this popular genre's history, shaped by four centuries of cultural events and aesthetic and ideological trends, from its beginnings in colonial times to the monumental works of the present day. In his insightful accounts of the artists, events, and trends at the heart of this uniquely American art form, Wagner explains how the aesthetic idioms and imagery of American wildlife art have evolved, how its ecological ideologies have changed with changing circumstances and ideas about animals and their habitats, and how artists and entrepreneurs developed and influenced the market for wildlife art. Wagner's history begins with the works of John White and Mark Catesby, artists who documented the flora and fauna of the New World and presented Europeans with a view of both the economic potential and the natural wonders of the then sparsely settled continent. After the American Revolution, as the new nation grew, artists such as Alexander Wilson and especially John James Audubon caused the course of American wildlife art history to turn and advance, setting the stage for Arthur Tait's collaboration with Currier & Ives and the work of Edward Kemeys, whose impressionistic sculpture captured the essence of disappearing wildlife like the wolf and buffalo. As Wagner's narrative moves to the twentieth century and beyond, it embraces in revealing detail the lives of artists Louis Agassiz Fuertes and Carl Rungius, painters who were among the most influential wildlife artists of their time. Wagner's account concludes with portraits of contemporary wildlife artists such as Ray Harm, Robert Bateman, and Kent Ullberg-artists whose work at once departs from and embodies the legacies, traditions, and innovations that informed and preceded it.

424 pages, University of Washington Press, 2008, ISBN-10: 0977802868, ISBN-13: 978-0977802869 (information courtesy of Amazon.com, front cover image courtesy Amazon.com)

Three Centuries of Great American wildlife art: and Why It Is a Good Investment Today, By Griggsville Wild Bird Society. Published by Griggsville Wild Bird Society, 1973. 30 pages. (information courtesy of Google Books)

Value in American Wildlife Art: Proceedings of the 1992 Forum, By William V. Mealy, Peter Friederici, Roger Tory Peterson Institute, Roger Tory Peterson Institute. Published by Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History, 1992. 146 pages. (information courtesy of Google Books)

Wildlife Artists at Work, By Patricia Van Gelder. Published by Watson-Guptill, 1982. Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized Nov 15, 2007. 175 pages. (information courtesy of Google Books)

Wildlife in American Art: Selections from the National Museum of Wildlife Art, by National Museum of Wildlife Art (Author). Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press (October 2009). ISBN-10: 0806140151, ISBN-13: 978-0806140155. (information courtesy of Amazon.com)

 

TFAO also suggests these DVD or VHS videos:

Birds of America, The Features the art of John James Audubon. 29 minutes (collection of Joslyn Art Museum)

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