Wildlife in American Art: Masterworks from the National Museum of Wildlife Art
2009Harris, Adam Duncan
262 pages (color)
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1864 Clarendon, New York - 1926 Kabale, Uganda. Known for: Wild animal sculpture, panoramas.
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The following information is from Gene Meier, an art historian from Illinois who specializes in 19th and early 20th century artists who did panoramas, dioramas, and cycloramas. Taxidermy is a part of... Read full biography
The following information is from Gene Meier, an art historian from Illinois who specializes in 19th and early 20th century artists who did panoramas, dioramas, and cycloramas. Taxidermy is a part of this study. Carl Akeley was a taxidermist and sculptor and photographer. Carl Akeley is talked... Read full biography
The following information is from Gene Meier, an art historian from Illinois who specializes in 19th and early 20th century artists who did panoramas, dioramas, and cycloramas. Taxidermy is a part of this study. Carl Akeley was a taxidermist and sculptor and photographer. Carl Akeley is talked about BY EVERYONE. He was the father of modern taxidermy. At one point Akeley worked as taxidermist for the Milwaukee Public Museum, which in the 1880s was across the street from William Wehner's panorama... Read full biography
The following information is from Gene Meier, an art historian from Illinois who specializes in 19th and early 20th century artists who did panoramas, dioramas, and cycloramas. Taxidermy is a part of this study. Carl Akeley was a taxidermist and sculptor and photographer. Carl Akeley is talked about BY EVERYONE. He was the father of modern taxidermy. At one point Akeley worked as taxidermist for the Milwaukee Public Museum, which in the 1880s was across the street from William Wehner's panorama studio. There is a legend that Akeley learned about creating dioramic backgrounds for his taxidermic works from visiting panoramas, especially the two in Milwaukee that were next to one another--Wehner/Heine & Lohr, and Kindt & Gardner ("BATTLE OF... Read full biography
The following information is from Gene Meier, an art historian from Illinois who specializes in 19th and early 20th century artists who did panoramas, dioramas, and cycloramas. Taxidermy is a part of this study. Carl Akeley was a taxidermist and sculptor and photographer. Carl Akeley is talked about BY EVERYONE. He was the father of modern taxidermy. At one point Akeley worked as taxidermist for the Milwaukee Public Museum, which in the 1880s was across the street from William Wehner's panorama studio. There is a legend that Akeley learned about creating dioramic backgrounds for his taxidermic works from visiting panoramas, especially the two in Milwaukee that were next to one another--Wehner/Heine & Lohr, and Kindt & Gardner ("BATTLE OF VICKSBURG"). He also served as taxidermist for the Field Museum in Chicago, where in 1902, his studies of a family of... Read full biography
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Bronze Inside and Out: A Biographical Memoir of Bob Scriver
2007Scriver, Mary Strachan368 pagesThe Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesAnnual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings622 pagesThe Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)1,117 pagesAnnual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1989
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)538 pagesMantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986Opitz, Glenn B (editor)1,081 pagesWho Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesDictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984Opitz, Glenn B (editor)656 pagesBronzes of the American West
1973Broder, Patricia Janis; Harold McCracken (Intro)429 pages (color)The Arizona State College Collection of American Art
1954Arizona State University110 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pagesPanama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit
1915Walter, John; Pedro Lemos112 pages