Mastodawn

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

Art History Animalia May 3

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

Arch Enemy Arts | Vasilisa Romanenko's FLORA & FLIGHT solo, 2026

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Art History Animalia May 3

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

Art History Animalia Apr 28

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

Art History Animalia Apr 27

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

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Art History Animalia Apr 27

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

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Art History Animalia Apr 27

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

ANIMAL ART OF THE DAY: Today is Both Audubon Day and International Flamingo Day, So Here Is Audubon’s Flamingo! – ART HISTORY ANIMALIA

Since both Audubon Day and International Flamingo Day are celebrated annually on the 26th of April, what better work to spotlight today than John J. Audubon's famous flamingo print from his magnum opus, The Birds of America... On the 7th of May, 1832, while sailing from Indian Key, one of the numerous islets that skirt

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Art History Animalia Apr 27

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

Art History Animalia Apr 27

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

Art History Animalia Apr 26

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