Wednesday, July 30, 2008

L.A. Fuertes

Since I am on a bird art theme here recently, I would like to point out a new exhibit on Louis Agassiz Fuertes at the Field Museum in Chicago. The Painted Bird: Louis Agassiz Fuertes will run from September 12, 2008 to January 4, 2009. This exhibit displays a number of paintings produced by Fuertes during the 1926 Abyssinian Expedition. More from the Field Museum here.

I found out about this exhibition from Benjamin Clock at Natural History Artworks, a recent addition to my blog list containing lot of great posts on wildlife art from a talented wildlife artist.


5 comments:

Beverly said...

One of the things I enjoy about visiting your site is the depth and breadth of your interests. Always, I find something absolutely delicious here...

dr. hypercube said...

Wow! I wonder if they're publishing a catalog. If so - I want.

Don't know what it is about hornbills I find so captivating, but I do...

Beverly said...

Heyyyyyyyyyy...I just joined Cornell's "Birds of North America...Online" and while there, took a virtual tour:

http://media.ornith.cornell.edu/qtmedia/vrtour/VRtour_clo.html

of their facilities. They have a Fuertes Room!!!

Because of you and your blog, I knew of for whom the room was named!

Steve Bodio said...

There is an old book of the Ethiopian expedition sometimes available-- Artist and Naturalist in Ethiopia.

Doc H-- if you find a catalog let me know!

Anonymous said...

Since you've been talking about bird painters, you might be interested in this NY Times article on the creation of a home for Rex Brasher's paintings:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/03kentct.html?ref=nyregionspecial2