#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