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Baby Bird Portraits by George Miksch Sutton - Watercolors in the Field Museum (Paperback, Reprint edition of 2006)
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Baby Bird Portraits by George Miksch Sutton - Watercolors in the Field Museum (Paperback, Reprint edition of 2006)
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George Miksch Sutton is one of the best known and most beloved bird
artists of the twentieth century. This marvelous book presents
thirty-five paintigs of downy chicks, nestlings, and fledglings
painted from life by Sutton. The exquisite watercolrs, housed in
the Field Museum of Natural History, span three decades and depict
nineteen species of North American birds. Many of the paintings are
reproduced here for the first time.Sutton was fond of painting
young birds from life and of recording their developmental changes.
Marked by delicate bruskwork and subtle color variations, his
paintings document characteristic features of the birds' species as
well as capturing the poses and attributes that make each bird seem
so unique. Some paintings show not only juvenal plumage but also
head portraits of adult plumage. The nineteen species include
familiar garden birds such as cardinals, Great Plains inhabitants
such as the grassland sparrows, and upland and wetland birds,
including bobwhites, moorhens, and sandpipers. In his introduction
to the collection, ornithologist Paul Johnsgard discusses Sutton's
contributions to bird art and to ornithology. And is essays
accompanying the paintings, Johnsgard describes his and Sutton's
personal encounters with the birds. A tribute to Sutton's genius as
both an artist and an ornithologist, Baby Bird Portraits will be
welcomed by ornithologists, bird enthusiasts, and Sutton's legion
of admirers.
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