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Bird portraits in color : two hundred ninety-five North American species
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19996
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- Roberts, Thomas S.
- Publisher
- Minneapolis : The University of Minnesota Press
- Call Number
- 06.1 R54b
- Author
- Roberts, Thomas S.
- Responsibility
- Thomas S. Roberts
- Publisher
- Minneapolis : The University of Minnesota Press
- Published Date
- 1960
- Subjects
- Painting
- Abstract
- Pertains to a collection of ninety two color plates painted by various accomplished artists. While the publication certainly establishes an artistic flair, it is in many ways factual as well. The book discusses over two hundred and ninety-five bird species found throughout North America. Comprehensive in nature, the guide offers insight into each bird species habitat, scientific name and other relevant information. Readers can expect to learn about the vast bird species that exist in North America, while also enjoying the stunning art work featured by the following artists, Allan Brooks, George M. Sutton, Walter A. Weber, Francis Lee Jaques, Walter J. Breckenridge, Louis Agassiz Fuertes.
- Notes
- Illustrated with ninety-two color plates by Allan Brooks, George M. Sutton, Walter A. Weber, Francis Lee Jaques, Walter J. Breckenridge, and Louise Agassiz Fuertes
- Accession Number
- 7201
- Call Number
- 06.1 R54b
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Portraits of the Indians
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20045
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1974?
- Author
- Andrew Oko
- Publisher
- Glenbow-Alberta Art Gallery
- Call Number
- 06.1 Ok5p
- Author
- Andrew Oko
- Publisher
- Glenbow-Alberta Art Gallery
- Published Date
- 1974?
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Art
- Exhibition catalogue
- Abstract
- Pertains to an exhibition catalogue showcasing the holdings of Indigenous portraiture through the Glenbow-Alberta Institute and Devonian Group of Charitable Foundations. Artists featured include, but are not limited to the following, Paul Kane, Frederick Verner, Karl Bodmer, Henry Cross, James Henderson and Nicholas de Grandmaison.
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 06.1 Ok5p
- Collection
- Archives Library
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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Sargent's Boston : with an essay and a biographical summary and a complete check list of Sargent's portraits
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20102
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1956
- Author
- McKibbin, David
- Publisher
- Boston : Museum of Fine Arts
- Call Number
- 06.1 M21s
- Author
- McKibbin, David
- Responsibility
- David McKibbin
- Publisher
- Boston : Museum of Fine Arts
- Published Date
- 1956
- Physical Description
- 132 pages.
- Abstract
- Pertains to a commemorative publication created in an attempt to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of American artist, John Singer Sargent. Considered one of the best portrait painters of his time, Sargent was immensely popular. The publication pays homage to John Sargent as both an individual, and as an artist. Readers are offered a small glimpse into the artistic creations, and life of John Singer Sargent.
- Contents
- Foreword (pg. 13)
- Sargent and his Boston Friends and Patrons (pg. 17)
- A catalogue of a centennial exhibition (pg. 67)
- Biographical summary (pg. 77)
- Check list of Sargent's portraits (pg. 81)
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 06.1 M21s
- Collection
- Archives Library
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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