David (Richard David) Shepherd - Artist Info

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    David Shepherd, Who Both Painted and Preserved Wildlife, Dies at 86
    By Neil Genzlinger, September 25, 2017, Obituary, The New York Times

    David Shepherd, a British artist whose love of painting wildlife led him to become a leading conservationist as well, died on Sept. 19 in Sussex, England. He was 86.
    The cause was complications of Parkinson’s disease, an announcement by the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation said.

    Mr. Shepherd was well known for his paintings of elephants, tigers and other wild animals of Africa and Asia, which he generally rendered in a straightforward, naturalistic style that may not have been appreciated in fine-art circles but did generate plenty of sales. He also loved to paint locomotives a...

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