#birdsinart — Public Fediverse posts

It’s #WorldParrotDay 🦜!
Vessel in the form of a #parrot,
300 BCE - 400 CE
Comala style, Late Formative Period, Colima, W. Mexico
Ceramic w/ red slip
18.5 × 30.5 × 14 cm (7 5/16 × 12 × 5 1/2 in.)
On display @ Princeton University Art Museum (2016-1239)
#BirdsInArt #MesoamericanArt #IndigenousArt

New exhibition!
VASILISA ROMANENKO:
FLORA & FLIGHT
solo exhibition
May 1st - 31st, 2026
Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, PA
https://www.archenemyarts.com/floraandflight2026
#BirdsInArt #ContemporaryArt

Projekt: The Polish Journal of visual art and design, 127, 6, 1978.
Cover design by Hubert Hilscher
Size 235mm x 310mm
Via Design Reviewed: https://designreviewed.com/artefacts/projekt-127-6-1978/
#BirdsInArt #GraphicDesign

For #CrowAndRavenAppreciationDay 🐦‍⬛:
some pics from Joan Danziger’s new sculpture exhibition #Ravens: Spirits of The Sky
on display through 17 May at American University Museum @ Katzen Arts Center, DC
More info: https://www.american.edu/cas/museum/2026/danziger-ravens.cfm
#BirdsInArt #WomenArtists #ContemporaryArt

#BookRecommendation for #AudubonDay:
Audubon's Aviary: The Original Watercolors for The Birds of America (2012) https://amzn.to/44khOfd
#BirdsInArt

#BookRecommendation for #AudubonDay:
Audubon as Artist: A New Look at The Birds of America (2024) https://amzn.to/49XUW6n
#BirdsInArt

On the blog:
ANIMAL ART OF THE DAY: Today is Both #AudubonDay and #InternationalFlamingoDay, So Here Is Audubon’s Flamingo!
https://arthistoryanimalia.com/2024/04/26/animal-art-of-the-day-today-is-both-audubon-day-and-international-flamingo-day-so-here-is-audubons-flamingo/
#BirdsInArt

For #InternationalFlamingoDay 🦩:
Jessie Arms Botke (American, 1883-1971)
#Flamingos , c. 1930
Woodcut in colors on Japan paper, 22 1/4 x 17 1/8in (54 x 43.5cm)
🆔 American/Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/28421/lot/25/jessie-arms-botke-1883-1971-flamingos/
#WomenArtists #BirdsInArt

For #InternationalFlamingoDay 🦩 here's a fun #ArtNouveau A-Z #alphabet fashioned out of #flamingos ! Designed by Étienne Mulier and published in _Lettres et Enseignes Art Nouveau_ (Paris, 1901).
#typography #BirdsInArt

For #WorldPenguinDay 🐧:
Norbertine von Bresslern-Roth (Austrian, 1891-1978)
#Penguins, n.d.
colored linocut, 23.4 x 17.5 cm
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4332239
#WomenArtists #BirdsInArt

#FlamingoFriday 🦩:
Mara Abboud (USA, b.1949)
Rendez Vous, 1980
Screenprint, Edition of 200
37 x 42 in. (94 x 107 cm)
https://maraabboud.com/gallery-5/
https://www.rogallery.com/artists/mara-abboud/rendez-vous-1/
#BirdsInArt #WomenArtists

Ornate Wallpapers Frame Bird Portraits Exploring Domesticity and Desire
https://mymodernmet.com/claire-rosen-birds-of-a-feather-book-interview/
Via @mymodernmet
#BirdsInArt

#WorldPuffinDay :
Jessica Eggers (South Africa)
Atlantic #Puffins , 2026
Pen & Ink, Watercolor & Gouache on heavyweight paper
https://www.instagram.com/p/DVeEkzQDH5K/?igsh=eml6dXhhZTZ0dmhr
#BirdsInArt #WomenArtists #SciArt

#WorldPuffinDay :
Suzie Zuzek (USA, 1920–2011)
Drawing, #Puffins, 1981
Made for Key West Hand Print Fabrics, Inc.; Client: Lilly Pulitzer, Inc.
Brush & watercolor, pen & black ink, graphite on paper
H x W: 25.4 × 19.1 cm
Cooper Hewitt 2019-11-4 https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/2318796431/
#BirdsInArt #WomenArtists

Happy #WorldPuffinDay !
Tufted #puffin feast bowl, c. 1900
#Tlingit culture, Sitka, Alaska
Wood, paint, fur
L 44 x W 16 x H 16 cm
Smithsonian NMAI display (14/6849)
#IndigenousArt #NativeAmericanArt #FirstNationsArt
#BirdsInArt

Rut Bryk (Finnish, 1916-1999)
#Easter Bird, c. 1950
Glazed stoneware plaque, 31.5 x 33.5 cm
https://www.bukowskis.com/en/auctions/628/85-rut-bryk-a-stoneware-plaque-easter-bird-finland-ca-1950
#BirdsInArt #WomenArtists

For #InternationalBirdDay 🕊️:
Omocha-e (toy print), Monozukushi-e (themed reference print): #Birds by Yoshiki
1. n.d. (mid-19th c.) 2. 1852
Japan National Diet Library:
https://dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1308017
https://dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1308018
#JapaneseArt #BirdsInArt

For #InternationalBirdDay : bird party!
f.211r in BnF MS Français 9140: De proprietatibus rerum by Bartholomeus Anglicus, translated by Jean Corbichon, 1479-80.
Gallica BnF: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10532588f/f435.item
#BirdsInArt

#BookRecommendation for #NationalBirdDay :
Bird: Exploring the Winged World (2021)
https://amzn.to/4j2qKfU
#BirdsInArt

#TwoForTuesday:
#Ostrich & #Cockatoo by pioneering Japanese graphic designer Hisui Sugiura (杉浦 非水 Sugiura Hisui, 1876-1965) from his design collection Hisui Sosaku Zuanshu, 1926
National Diet Library Japan:
https://www.ndl.go.jp/en/imagebank/theme/hisuisosaku
#JapaneseArt #GraphicDesign #BirdsInArt

Johannes Larsen (Denmark, 1867-1961)
#Ducks, 1895
Pen, ink, brush, watercolor on paper, 243 x 373 mm
Ordrupgaard https://ordrupgaard.dk/en/udstillinger/johannes-larsen/
#BirdsInArt

#WorldStorkDay :
Wilhelm Kuhnert (German, 1865-1926)
Weiße Störche (White #Storks ), n.d.
Pencil & watercolor, 17.8 x 28 cm
https://www.lempertz.com/de/kataloge/lot/1132-2/1568-wilhelm-kuhnert.html
#BirdsInArt

Today is both #NationalPeacockDay & #WorldStorkDay …
Adriaen Collaert (Flemish, c.1560-1618)
Twee vogels in een landschap: Pavo (pauw) en Ciconia (ooievaar) [#Peacock & #Stork ], 1598-1602
engraving, w 187mm × h 128mm
Rijksmuseum RP-P-1892-A-17421
#BirdsInArt

For #NationalPeacockDay 🦚 on #WatercolorWednesday :
#Peacock and Peacock #Butterfly, 1917, by Scottish wildlife artist Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935).
H 87.5 cm (34.4 in) x W 111.5 cm (43.8 in)
🆔 Species are the Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) and European Peacock Butterfly (Aglais io).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Archibald_Thorburn,_Peacock_and_Peacock_Butterfly,_At_87.5_x_111.5cm._Bonhams..jpg
#BirdsInArt

For #NationalPeacockDay 🦚:
Petro Kholodnyi (Петро Холодний, Ukrainian, 1876-1930)
A Tale of a Girl and a #Peacock, 1916
Tempera on wood, H85 x W 114 cm
National Art Museum of Ukraine via Google Arts & Culture
#BirdsInArt
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/a-tale-of-a-girl-and-a-peacock-petro-kholodnyi/fgG8CLRHYCdquA

For #WorldStorkDay :
Géza Vastagh (Hungarian, 1866–1919)
Three Marabous, 1909
pastel on cardboard
H 38 x W 48.5 cm
🆔 Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer), native to sub-Saharan Africa.
#BirdsInArt
https://www.neumeister.com/kunstwerksuche/kunstdatenbank/ergebnis/550-294/géza-vastagh-drei-marabus

For #WorldStorkDay :
Pierre Bonnard (France, 1867–1947)
Marabou #Stork and Four #Frogs (Le marabout et les quatre grenouilles), 1889
Three-panel screen; distemper paint on canvas, 62 3/4 × 21 1/2 in.
The #Nabi Collection of Vicki and Roger Sant
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pierre_Bonnard_Marabout_(Stork)_and_Four_Frogs.jpg
#BirdsInArt #Japonisme

English textile designer William Morris was born #OTD (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896).
“Strawberry Thief”
William Morris for Merton Abbey Works
Design registered 1883, printed 1917-23
Cotton, indigo discharged & block-printed
Metropolitan Museum of Art display
#BirdsInArt

#InternationalDayOfForests 🌳🌲:
Martha Mood (USA, 1908-1972)
Forest Families Tapestry, 1972
Wool, 66 x 57 1/2 in. (167.6 x 146 cm)
#WomenArtists #BirdsInArt
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/26867/lot/187/martha-mood-1908-1972-forest-families-tapestry1972wool-woven-signature-lower-right-martha-mood-l-dated-on-the-reverse-manufacturers-label-on-the-reverse-together-with-a-copy-of-the-sublime-heritage-of-martha-mood66-x-57-12in-1676-x-146cm/

For both #WorldFrogDay + #WorldSparrowDay today:
Cloisonne Enamel Plate (with #Sparrows & #Frogs )
Japan, late Meiji Era (late 19th - early 20th c).
Dia. 12 in.
https://mta-sts.antiquearena.com/lot/67840?auction_item_id=298
#JapaneseArt #BirdsInArt #FrogFriday

For #NationalPoultryDay 🐓🐔
Figure of a cock and hen on a tree stump
Arita kiln-sites, Japan, c.1690 (for
European export market)
Porcelain, overglaze enamels, gold
29.7 x 19.7 x 18.5 cm max
Ashmolean Museum EA1989.10
https://collections.ashmolean.org/object/368646
#BirdsInArt #Chickens #JapaneseArt

#BlueMonday 💙
William R. Leigh (USA, 1866-1955)
#Swans, 1913
Oil on canvas
JKM Collection @ National Museum of Wildlife Art
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1C6t4nju6S/?mibextid=wwXIfr
#BirdsInArt

#Woodensday :
Asmat artist(s); Indonesia, West Papua, Erma village
Jifoi (bowl), mid-20th c.
Wood, paint
On display at the Met (1978.412.1177)
#Parrots #BirdsInArt #IndigenousArt #AustralasianArt
ℹ️ ufir ( Palm #Cockatoo ) head as the prow; fruit-eating birds = headhunting symbolism (see label)

#BlueMonday 💙
“A trompe d’oeil #Peacock ceramic tureen”
Probably French, 19th c.
Ceramic, glazed white and painted dark blue; L 24 cm
https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/a-trompe-doeil-peacock-ceramic-tureen-5368-c-40a4be7944
#BirdsInArt

Happy #LoveHornbillsDay!
Hunt Slonem (USA, b.1951)
#Hornbills, 1989
Oil on canvas, 66.25 x 88.25 in.
#BirdsInArt
https://manolisprojectsstore.com/products/hornbills-1989

#Superb_Owl Sunday collection:
Superb Owls | Smithsonian Institution
"Superb #owls found across our collections of artifacts, artworks, and archives."
https://si.edu/spotlight/owls
🦉
#Superb_Owl_Sunday #SuperbOwl #SuperbOwlSunday #BirdsInArt

#ToucanTuesday!
Sreya Gupta (active India, 21st c.)
“Tropical Bliss”
Acrylic on Canvas
30 X 36 in.
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Tropical-Bliss/0DF57FE6C7C1ACC589D21640DC040E86
#BirdsInArt #Toucans #ContemporaryArt #WomenArtists

For #WorldWetlandsDay :
Sally Robinson (UK, active in Australia, b.1952)
#Wetlands, 1988
Screenprint, image 82 x 57 cm
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/-Wetlands---ed--21-50-----Rainforest---e/9C3902884D03B748620DED03B74FEDE9
#WomenArtists #BirdsInArt

#ArtDeco #Parrot Vase
Daum Frères, France, c.1925
Etched glass
H 12 × Dia. 12 in. (31 × 31 cm)
https://freemansauction.com/auctions/6306-art-design/lot/16
#BirdsInArt

#BaldEagleAppreciationDay 🦅:
Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)
Bald Eagle, from the Endangered Species series, 1983
Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board, 38 × 38 in / 96.5 × 96.5 cm, Edition of 150.
#popart #birdsinart
image via https://www.artsy.net/artwork/andy-warhol-bald-eagle-from-endangered-species-11 (© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.)

#WorldWaterfowlDay 🦆🪿 🦢:
Leopold Krumel (American, born Austria, 1879-1966)
#Swans, 1927
Color screenprint (Selectasine process),
13 x 17 in (33 x 43.2 cm)
Printed by Velvetone Poster Company, San Francisco, CA, USA
Philadelphia Museum of Art 1971-190-1
https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/266925
#BirdsInArt

#SaveTheEaglesDay :
Bateleur #Eagles painted by Louis Agassiz Fuertes (USA, 1874-1927) in 1927, published in _Album of Abyssinian Birds and Mammals_ (1930) by the Field Museum (who also hold the original watercolors). #EndangeredSpecies native to Sub-Saharan Africa.
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/3256
#BirdsInArt

For #SaveTheEaglesDay :
Andy Warhol (USA, 1928-1987)
Bald Eagle, from the Endangered Species series, 1983
Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board, 38 × 38 in / 96.5 × 96.5 cm, Edition of 150.
#popart #birdsinart
image via https://www.artsy.net/artwork/andy-warhol-bald-eagle-from-endangered-species-11 (© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.)

#Caturday 🐱:
Richard Bawden (UK, 1936-2024)
Picking Apples, n.d.
Linocut, 40 x 34 cm
https://www.newenglishartclub.co.uk/artworks/10113-richard-bawden-picking-apples/
#CatsInArt #BirdsInArt

#MetalMonday :
Hsiung Ping-Ming (China, 1922–2002)
#Owl, 1958
Metal sculpture, 14 1/16 x 9 1/8 x 7 5/8 in. (35.7 x 23.2 x 19.4 cm
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 66.4062 https://www.si.edu/object/owl:hmsg_66.4062
#BirdsInArt

Julius Moessel (USA, 1872-1960)
Untitled (A Company of #Cockatoos), n.d.
Oil on canvas, 29 x 24 in.
https://freemansauction.com/auctions/753-american-and-european-art-online/lot/47
#BirdsInArt #Parrots