Art History Animalia

For autumn #WorldMigratoryBirdDay:

Charley Harper (USA, 1922-2007)

Birds of a Feather, 1974

Serigraph, 31 x 24 in.

“Flocking together as summer wanes, a brigade of bachelor red-winged blackbirds swings into the southbound lane, where traffic is backed up to the Arctic Circle. But where are the brownish females? Flocking apart. Red-winged congregations are strictly his or hers, except in spring when they sing, “I’m ok-a-lee, you’re ok-a-lee”, and consort among the cattails long enough to make sure there will always be red-winged blackbirds. Then it’s back to separate dorms—flocking together apart.”

–Charley Harper

For #NationalPigeonDay :

Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe, (British, 1901-1979) The fashion parade (aka A variety of Modena #pigeons in vegetation), c.1950 oil on canvas, 25 ⅛ x 30 ¼ in (63.8 x 76.8 cm)

For #NationalPigeonDay :

Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832–1889)   Girl at a window to St. Mark's Square, feeding #pigeons, c.1875  oil on panel, H28 cm (11 in) x W 22 cm (8.6 in)  Belvedere Museum

One more for #WorldParrotDay 🦜:

Wu Guanzhong (Chinese, 1919-2010) A Paradise for Parrots, 1988 collotype print on rice paper 70 x 153 cm (27½ x 60¼ in)

For #WorldParrotDay, how many of the 8 parrot species depicted in this flock can you ID? 🤔 (my answers are in the ALT!)

Henry Stacy Marks (British, 1829–1898) A Select Committee, 1891 oil on canvas, H 111.7 x W 86.7 cm Walker Art Gallery via Art UK

For #WhoopingCraneDay :

N.C. Wyeth (American, 1882-1945)

The Dance of the Whooping Cranes, 1939

oil on panel, 30 x 22¼ in. (76.2 x 56.5 cm);

printed as a plate in the illustrated edition of The Yearling (1939)

For #WorldMigratoryBirdDay:

Norbertine Bresslern-Roth (Austrian, 1891-1978)

Crane migration, before March 1937

oil on jute, 120 × 100 cm

🆔 Red-Crowned Crane (Grus japonensis)

“In the spring & summer, the migratory populations of the red-crowned crane breed in Siberia (far E Russia), NE China, & occasionally in NE Mongolia (i.e., Mongol Daguur Strictly Protected Area). The breeding range centers in Lake Khanka, on the border of China & Russia. Later, in the fall, they migrate in flocks to the Korean Peninsula & E central China to spend the winter. Vagrants have also been recorded in Taiwan. In addition to the migratory populations, a resident population is found in eastern Hokkaidō, Japan.”

For #WorldMigratoryBirdDay :

Rie Muñoz (American, 1921-2015)

Migration, c.1977

Seriograph, 22.25" x 27.25"