Charley Harper: Birds: A Book of Postcards (Books of Postcards)
SKU: 0764953729 (Updated 2023-01-13)
Price:
US$ 12.95
Description
Wildlife artist Charley Harper (American, 1922 2007) came by his love of nature as a child growing up in rural West Virginia. After studying at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and the Art Students League in New York City, he gained acclaim as a commercial illustrator for numerous publications, most notably The Golden Book of Biology and Animal Kingdom, children s books published in the 1960s. As demand for his work grew, he went on to have a successful business producing limited-edition silkscreen prints.
Harper s paintings and prints have been published by a variety of nature- and conservation-oriented organizations, such as the National Park Service, the Cincinnati Zoo, the Cincinnati Nature Center, the Hamilton County (Ohio) Park District, the Michigan Audubon Society, and Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Pennsylvania. He created four large-scale ceramic tile murals on commission for Cincinnati s Duke Energy Convention Center and John Weld Peck Federal Building and for the biology building at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. He also designed interpretive displays for Everglades National Park, and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology commissioned him to create a painting (We Think the World of Birds).
Describing his method of depicting wildlife, which winnowed out all but the most important details, Harper once said, When I look at a wildlife or nature subject, I don t see the feathers in the wings; I just count the wings. He asked viewers to remember that I didn t start out to paint a bird the bird already existed. I started out to paint a picture of a bird, a picture which didn t exist before I came along, a picture which gives me a chance to share with you my thoughts about the bird.
Pomegranate s books of postcards contain up to thirty top-quality reproductions bound together in a handy, artful collection. Easy to remove and produced on heavy card stock, these stunning postcards are a delight to the sender and receiver. Postcards are oversized and may require additional postage.
Features & details
Oversized postcards measure 6.5-x-4.75-inches Easy to remove - stunning postcards Printed on heavy card stock Contains 30 top-quality reproductions bound together in a artful collection Collection of Hopper Birds
EAN: 9780764953729
ISBN: 0764953729
Manufacturer: Pomegranate
Brand: Pomegranate
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