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.
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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...
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...
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!
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!
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
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