International Bird Day | the best bird illustrator of the 19th century, hand-painted to document the beauty of endangered birds
The World Convention for the Protection of Birds designates 1 April of each year as International Bird Love Day. In order to popularize the knowledge of bird love and improve people's understanding of bird protection, many countries in the world also stipulate bird love day, bird love festival or bird love week and bird love month according to the seasonal climate of their own countries.
Birds, man's closest wild animal. Because of them, we add a beautiful brilliance to our lives; it is the responsibility of human beings to protect them and protect the biodiversity of the earth.
International Bird Day | the best bird illustrator of the 19th century, hand-painted to document the beauty of endangered birds
In 1842, John M. Gerald M. Colemans was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. As a young man, he worked as a taxidermist at the Leiden Museum of Natural History, and in 1864, at the age of 22, Colemans, with the encouragement of the museum's curator Hermann Schlegel, went on an expedition to West Africa, and his excellent painting skills attracted the attention of the public.
He then moved to England, where Colemans painted fine illustrations for the writings of several naturalists and zoologists, as well as academic magazines.
According to incomplete statistics, Colemans created as many as 4,000-5,000 works in his lifetime, mainly birds, but also a few mammals, insects and shellfish.
"Spare the Flight" postcard Bird series
International Bird Day | the best bird illustrator of the 19th century, hand-painted to document the beauty of endangered birds
As a professional illustrator, Colemans did not have to worry about the cost of publishing, so he added a lot of bird habitat content to the painting, and took up the changes in the virtual reality, highlighting the birds in the environment.
International Bird Day | the best bird illustrator of the 19th century, hand-painted to document the beauty of endangered birds
▲Diphtheria pintail swift
International Bird Day | the best bird illustrator of the 19th century, hand-painted to document the beauty of endangered birds
▲ White Wagtail
Colemans's consistent style of painting sought to paint birds in greater detail has led to some unfair criticism, although some critics have argued that Colemans was far superior to his contemporaries.
Because Colemans's works are copied and disseminated through traditional slate printing, and the images reproduced by slate printing need to be colored by hand, and the coloring work is mostly carried out by some semi-skilled technicians on the assembly line, there is a gap between the printed work and the original work, which is the reason for its criticism.
Either way, Colemans was one of the finest bird painters of the 19th century.
International Bird Day | the best bird illustrator of the 19th century, hand-painted to document the beauty of endangered birds
▲ Black-capped forest warbler
Today is International Bird Love Day, so let's enjoy the beauty of Colemans's birds.
Treat the beautiful scarce things, look at it from a distance without playing closely, appreciate it without possessing it. To protect them is to protect beauty, and to protect them is to protect our common home.
International Bird Day | the best bird illustrator of the 19th century, hand-painted to document the beauty of endangered birds
▲White-winged cross-billed finch
International Bird Day | the best bird illustrator of the 19th century, hand-painted to document the beauty of endangered birds
▲ Northern long-tailed
International Bird Day | the best bird illustrator of the 19th century, hand-painted to document the beauty of endangered birds
▲ Red-fronted goldfinch
International Bird Day | the best bird illustrator of the 19th century, hand-painted to document the beauty of endangered birds
▲White-waisted suzaku
International Bird Day | the best bird illustrator of the 19th century, hand-painted to document the beauty of endangered birds
▲ Yellow-throated bee tiger
International Bird Day | the best bird illustrator of the 19th century, hand-painted to document the beauty of endangered birds
▲Longitudinal striped owl
International Bird Day | the best bird illustrator of the 19th century, hand-painted to document the beauty of endangered birds
▲ Yellow-rumped willow warbler
International Bird Day | the best bird illustrator of the 19th century, hand-painted to document the beauty of endangered birds
▲Kingfisher
International Bird Day | the best bird illustrator of the 19th century, hand-painted to document the beauty of endangered birds
International Bird Day | the best bird illustrator of the 19th century, hand-painted to document the beauty of endangered birds
▲ Black Eberau
International Bird Day | the best bird illustrator of the 19th century, hand-painted to document the beauty of endangered birds
▲ Zodiacal bunting
International Bird Day | the best bird illustrator of the 19th century, hand-painted to document the beauty of endangered birds
▲ Fire crown Dai Chrysanthemum
International Bird Day | the best bird illustrator of the 19th century, hand-painted to document the beauty of endangered birds
▲ Large reed warbler
International Bird Day | the best bird illustrator of the 19th century, hand-painted to document the beauty of endangered birds
▲House swallow
International Bird Day | the best bird illustrator of the 19th century, hand-painted to document the beauty of endangered birds
▲ European canary
International Bird Day | the best bird illustrator of the 19th century, hand-painted to document the beauty of endangered birds
▲Wenshu Sparrow
International Bird Day | the best bird illustrator of the 19th century, hand-painted to document the beauty of endangered birds
▲ Big cuckoo
International Bird Day | the best bird illustrator of the 19th century, hand-painted to document the beauty of endangered birds
▲ Black Grey Harrier
International Bird Day | the best bird illustrator of the 19th century, hand-painted to document the beauty of endangered birds
▲Herons
International Bird Day | the best bird illustrator of the 19th century, hand-painted to document the beauty of endangered birds
