Bird Art
Throughout the ages, people have depicted birds, from early cave paintings and petroglyphs to modern day artists. Click on the link below each image to visit other websites with more examples of each artist’s work.
Nazca Hummingbird – 310 feet long
Geoglyph created by the Nazca in Peru
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazca_Lines
Pigeon on a Peach Branch, by Emperor Huizong (1082 - 1135)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Huizong_of_Song
Tawny Owl, by Thomas Bewick (1753 - 1828)
http://www.bewicksociety.org/galleries/publications.html
Hoopoe, by Francois-Nicholas Martinet (1760 - 1800)
http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/NHRareBooks/Martinet/martinet-contents-structure.htm
Carolina Parakeet, by Alexander Wilson (1766 - 1813)
http://www.wilsonsociety.org/AWilsonplates/index.html
Bobwhite, by John James Audubon (1785 - 1851)
Audubon’s Birds
http://web4.audubon.org/bird/BoA/BOA_index.html
Sicklebill Hummingbird, by John Gould (1804 - 1881)
http://www.audubonart.com/02_gall_gou1.asp
Orchid and Hummingbirds, by Martin Johnson Heade (1819 - 1904)
http://www.martin-johnson-heade.org/
Harlequin Duck, by Louis Fuertes (1874 - 1927)
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/Fuertes2000/fuertes.asp
Mockingbird, by Roger Tory Peterson (1908 - 1996)
http://rtpi.org/
Cardinal, by Charley Harper (1922 - 2007)
http://charleyharperartstudio.com/
Blue-winged Teal, by Sue deLearie Adair, one of many artists showcased at Birding Art – an online gallery for contemporary bird art and illustration:
http://www.birdingart.com/index.html
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