Archibald Thorburn - photo 1
Archibald Thorburn - photo 1

Archibald Thorburn

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€ 14 500
Auction dateClassic
05.09.2021 11:00UTC +02:00
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Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden GmbH
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Germany, Ahlden(Aller)
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ID 596701
Lot 1754 | Archibald Thorburn
(1860 Lasswade/Midlothian/Schottland - 1935 Hascombe/Surrey/England) Fasanenpaar in Landschaft Naturgetreu und lebendige, detailreiche Tierdarstellung eines Fasanenhahns mit leuchtend farbigem Gefieder. Der bedeutende schottische Künstler war auf Wildtiere spezialisiert und malte hauptsächlich Aquarelle und Gouachen. Regelmäßig besuchte Thorburn Schottland, um Vögel in freier Wildbahn zu zeichnen, wobei sein Lieblingsort der Gaick Forest in der Nähe von Kingussie in Inverness-Shire in den Highlands war. Seine Darstellungen der britischen Tierwelt mit ihren eindrucksvollen Hintergrundlandschaften erfreuen sich heute genauso großer Beliebtheit wie bei den Naturforschern und -liebhabern vor einem Jahrhundert. Seinen herausragenden Ruf begründete er 1885, als er den Auftrag erhielt, 268 Aquarelle als Illustrationen für das berühmte ornithologische Werk "Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Isles" von Lord Lilford anzufertigen. Zahlreiche weitere Illustrationen für naturkundliche Werke folgten, darunter sein eigenes über britische Säugetiere (1920). Seine Werke wurden regelmäßig in der Royal Academy ausgestellt. Thorburn wurde Vizepräsident der 1889 gegründeten Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, deren Anliegen er auch durch die Gestaltung von deren Weihnachtskarten ab 1899 unterstützte. Aquarell u. Gouache/Papier. Links unten signiert u. dat.; Verso altes Etikett der Kunsthandlung von Alexander Baird-Carter, London von 1912. Ca. 28 cm x 19 cm. Rahmen. Watercolour and gouache on paper. Signed and dated 1912. Old label of Alexander Baird-Carter, London, on the backing board.
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