Writers Animalistic
Peter Hill Beard was an American artist, photographer, diarist, and writer who lived and worked in New York City, Montauk and Kenya. His photographs of Africa, African animals and the journals that often integrated his photographs, have been widely shown and published since the 1960s.
Alfred Kubin was an outstanding Austrian engraver, illustrator and writer, and a prominent representative of the Symbolic and Expressionist trends in the visual arts in the first half of the 20th century. Alfred Kubin's works are full of phantasmagoric and grotesque depictions of dreams, motifs of desolation and fear.
Rostislav Alexandrovich Danov (Russian: Ростислав Александрович Данов) was a Soviet artist of the late twentieth century. He is known as a graphic-animalist, naturalist, writer and professional snake artist.
Rostislav Danov began practicing animalistics in the last years of his life. He was the author of many works, some of which are kept in the Darwin Museum in Moscow. The artist illustrated books, including "Rare and Endangered Animals. Amphibians and Reptiles." Gorlov was also working on an unfinished book, "Year of the Snake," where he planned to describe the seasons of Turkmen nature through the eyes of a gyurza. His manuscripts, hundreds of drawings and 15 volumes of field diaries with graphic sketches have been preserved.
Günter Wilhelm Grass was a German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor, and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Grass is best known for his first novel, The Tin Drum (1959), a key text in European magic realism. It was the first book of his Danzig Trilogy, the other two being Cat and Mouse and Dog Years. His works are frequently considered to have a left-wing political dimension, and Grass was an active supporter of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). The Tin Drum was adapted as a film of the same name, which won both the 1979 Palme d'Or and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 1999, the Swedish Academy awarded him the Nobel Prize in Literature, praising him as a writer "whose frolicsome black fables portray the forgotten face of history".
Nikolay Nikolaevich Karazin (Russian: Николай Николаевич Каразин) was a Russian military officer, painter, and writer, known for his depictions of wars and exotic places. Born in 1842 in Kharkov (now Ukraine), Karazin came from a family of prominent intellectuals, including his grandfather Vasily Karazin, who founded Kharkiv University.
Karazin's career began in the military, where he participated in campaigns against the January Uprising in Poland and in Central Asia. His firsthand experiences in battles, such as the 1868 Bukhara campaign and the 1873 Khiva campaign, greatly influenced his later work as a painter and writer. After retiring from the military, he focused on creating large canvases depicting military actions in Turkestan, as well as writing numerous adventure and ethnographic stories and novels.
Karazin's works, which include "In the Distant Confines" (1875) and "From Orenburg to Tashkent" (1886), reflect his deep engagement with the landscapes and cultures of Central Asia. His children's book "Cranes Flying South" remains popular for its vivid storytelling and illustrations. Karazin also contributed significantly to the visual arts, participating in early designs for the Moscow Metro and becoming an academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts in 1904.
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Heinrich Lang was a German battle-painter, illustrator, and writer.
He received his art education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and also studied at the veterinary school of the Ludwig-Maximilian University and at local stud farms. Lang was very interested in horses and painted many pictures of them, including battle scenes, scenes from the stables or from the circus.
Arthur Karl Maderson is an Irish impressionist painter.
Arthur Maderson studied at Camberwell School of Art (London) and regularly exhibits at the Royal Academy and the Royal Hibernian Academy. In painting, Maderson uses the same principles as Claude Monet and other French Impressionists. He paints beach scenes, landscapes and figurative compositions.
The artist has also written numerous articles for magazines, as well as for the Encyclopedia of Oil Painting Techniques and other art history publications.
Bernard Palissy was a French natural scientist, painter, ceramicist and sculptor, geologist and writer of the French Renaissance.
Born into a family of artisans, Palissy apprenticed with his father as a glass artist and traveled throughout southwestern France comprehending pottery and studying geology. Today he is best known for his amazing lead-glazed pottery with images of various animals and people. After seeing a white glazed cup, probably of Chinese porcelain, in the 1540s, he set out to learn the secrets of its manufacture. His early research is described in De l'art de la terre. Although Palissy never succeeded in reproducing what he saw, his experiments gave him a thorough knowledge of the chemical compositions of minerals.
From 1575 in Paris, Palissy gave public lectures on natural history, which were published as Discours admirables (1580). In this treatise, Bernard Palissy touches on an incredibly wide range of subjects, from the techniques of ceramics, metallurgy and chemistry to hydrology, geology and fossils. He correctly identified fossils as the remains of ancient life. This work reveals him as a writer and scientist, a creator of modern agronomy and a pioneer of the experimental method, with scientific views generally more advanced than those of his contemporaries.
Francis Picabia, born Francis-Marie Martinez de Picabia, was a French avant-garde painter, poet, and typographist, whose work is celebrated for its diversity and innovation. His journey through various art movements, including Impressionism, Cubism, Dadaism, and Surrealism, showcases his refusal to be confined by any one style. Picabia's art is known for its eclectic nature, often blending mechanical elements with organic forms, thereby challenging traditional perceptions of art and beauty.
Picabia's significant contribution to the art world lies not just in his varied artistic output but also in his philosophical approach to creation. He believed in the freedom of expression, often using his art to critique societal norms and the art establishment itself. This rebellious spirit made him a pivotal figure in the Dada movement, where his works were celebrated for their irony and disdain for conventional art values.
Among his notable works, "Amorous Parade" and "I See Again in Memory My Dear Udnie" stand out, housed in prestigious institutions like the Museum of Modern Art in New York. These pieces exemplify Picabia's mastery over blending different elements of art movements, creating works that remain influential to this day. His legacy is not just in the pieces he created but also in his attitude towards art, encouraging future generations to challenge and redefine the boundaries of creativity.
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Helen Beatrix Potter was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist. She is best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit, which was her first published work in 1902. Her books, including 23 Tales, have sold more than 250 million copies. Potter was also a pioneer of merchandising — in 1903, Peter Rabbit was the first fictional character to be made into a patented stuffed toy, making him the oldest licensed character.
Alex Sadkowsky is a Swiss artist, painter, illustrator, graphic artist, photographer, performer, and writer. This multimedia artist has also created many portraits, among other things. According to Sadkowsky, his surrealist expressionism or expressive surrealism leads to "undepressionism.
Charles Hamilton Smith was a British illustrator, naturalist, writer, and military spy.
In connection with his military service, Smith traveled extensively throughout the United States, Canada, and India. He was also a talented self-taught artist and illustrated historical works on the military uniforms of the British Empire army, medieval life, drew costumes of native and ancient inhabitants of the British Isles, costumes for the theater stage, and sketched various animals. In 1848 Smith published The Natural History of the Human Species.
Konrad Gustav Süs, also known as Süß, was a German painter, illustrator and children's book author.
In his paintings, Süs mostly depicted animals, mainly poultry. Some of his pictures, which usually start from a humorous basic idea, have been widely disseminated through colour prints and photography.
Arcady Sergeevich Vysheslavtsev (Russian: Аркадий Сергеевич Вышеславцев) was a 19th-century Russian artist, notable for his animalistic artworks and contributions to the genres of Impressionism and Realism. Born in 1819 in Moscow, Vysheslavtsev was not only a painter but also a horse breeder, hunter, cynologist, and writer, which deeply influenced his artistic focus. His passion for the outdoors is reflected in his detailed graphic drawings of animals such as greyhounds, wolves, and hares, which were widely recognized and published in specialized magazines of the time.
Vysheslavtsev's works are appreciated for their vivid portrayal of animals and dynamic compositions, capturing the essence of Russian wildlife and rural life. His ability to depict the textures of animal fur and the subtleties of natural settings won him acclaim. As an artist, his contributions were not limited to visuals; he also authored several articles on hunting, further emphasizing his deep connection with his subjects.
For enthusiasts and collectors interested in Russian art from the 19th century, Vysheslavtsev's works present a valuable glimpse into the period's artistic movements and cultural heritage. His pieces are a testament to the skill and dedication of an artist who lived his subjects, making his works highly sought after in auctions and collections today.
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Mili Weber, full name Berta Emilie Weber, is a Swiss artist, illustrator, writer and musician.
From childhood, Mili showed an interest in nature and painting, with her older half-sister Anna being her first mentor. Mili attended the School of Arts and Crafts in Biel, where she later taught various arts and crafts subjects, she also studied at the Academy of Painting in Munich. From 1914, Mili began painting portraits of children, producing watercolor postcards with motifs from fairy tales and fables, and illustrating books. Her most famous images are of children among magical flowers. In addition to watercolor painting, Weber wrote short stories and composed music.
In 1917, the family moved to a picturesque wooden house built by Mili's brother and father on the edge of the forest near Lake St. Moritz. The most luxurious thing in this house was the organ on which she mused. Mili created her own wonderful world here: the artist decorated the ceilings and walls of the house with her marvelous frescoes of fairy tale scenes. She lived in this house all her life and now it is the home of the Mili Weber Museum, a "fairy house".
Thomas Williamson was a British artist working in the 19th century.
Captain Williamson was a talented amateur artist who amassed a fine collection of sketches suitable for aquatint. Together with Samuel Howitt (1765-1822) - a sportsman, hunter and also an engraver - they produced an album of Eastern Field Sports, first published in London in 1807. This work gives an insight into the details of hunting wild animals in India. The book is full of information about this picturesque country along with the manners and customs of both local and European inhabitants.
David Yarrow is a British photographer, conservationist and writer.
At the beginning of his career Yarrow photographed sports stars, at the age of only 20 he took the iconic picture of soccer player Diego Maradona, but then he found his niche. David Yarrow reinvented wildlife photography with his extraordinary patience and, most importantly, his reverence for it. Yarrow's black-and-white wildlife photographs with stars such as Cindy Crawford and Cara Delevingne have brought him ever-growing popularity among collectors. Today he is the best-selling photographic artist in the world.
Yarrow is also active in his charity work for the protection of wildlife.
