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Fuertes,
Louis Agassiz.
Fuertes
was an American ornithologist and bird illustrator. He travelled widely
in his quest to illustrate birds, including journeys to Canada, Alaska,
Mexico, Jamaica and Ethiopia.
His
illustrated works include :-
The
Second Book of Birds, 1901
Birds of the Rockies, 1902
Warblers of North America, 1907
Birds of New York, 1910-1914
The Warblers of North America
Game Birds of California, 1918
Bird Lore 1907
Natural History of Ducks, 1922-1926
Album of Abyssinian Birds and Mammals 1930
as
well as work for National Geographic in 1917, and for the US Dept. Agriculture
and Biological Survey.
click
here for more of his bird ilistrations (wikipedia)
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"Barn
swallow" from The Second Book of Birds, 1901. A finely
detailed and carefully rendered study of this much-loved bird.
(click the image to buy it)
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Scissor-tailed
Kite ("Swallow Kite") from Album of Abyssinian Birds
and Mammals (1930). A very beautiful bird painting, with suberb
use of semi-translucent layers of paint on a colored paper. (click
the image to buy it).
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"Bobwhite" |
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"Bachman's
Warbler" from Warblers of North America, 1907 |
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Two
beautifully detailed portrayals of birds. (click an image to buy
it) |
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More art by Fuertes.
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here to go back to the wildlife art by artist, index.
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