List of wildlife artists
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This list of wildlife artists is a list for any wildlife
artist, wildlife painter, wildlife photographer, other wildlife artist, society of wildlife artists, museum, or exhibition of wildlife art
, worldwide.
Wildlife
Wildlife includes all non-domesticated plants, animals and other organisms. Domesticating wild plant and animal species for human benefit has occurred many times all over the planet, and has a major impact on the environment, both positive and negative....
artist, wildlife painter, wildlife photographer, other wildlife artist, society of wildlife artists, museum, or exhibition of wildlife art
Wildlife art
Wildlife art is one of humanity's earliest art forms, dating back to prehistoric cave paintings such as those found at the grotto of Lascaux in France....
, worldwide.
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- John Abbot
- Joy AdamsonJoy AdamsonJoy Adamson was a naturalist, artist, and author best known for her book, Born Free, which describes her experiences raising a lion cub named Elsa...
- Jacques-Laurent AgasseJacques-Laurent AgasseJacques-Laurent Agasse was an animal and landscape painter from Switzerland.Born at Geneva, Agasse studied in the public art school of that city. Before he turned twenty he went to Paris to study in veterinary school to make himself fully acquainted with the anatomy of horses and other animals...
- Richard AnsdellRichard AnsdellRichard Ansdell was an English oil painter of animals and genre scenes. He was also an engraver.-Life:Ansdell was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, the son of Thomas Griffiths Ansdell, a freeman who worked at the port, and Anne Jackson. His father died young and Richard was educated at the Bluecoat...
- Silvia Armeni
- John James AudubonJohn James AudubonJohn James Audubon was a French-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. He was notable for his expansive studies to document all types of American birds and for his detailed illustrations that depicted the birds in their natural habitats...
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- Don BalkeDon BalkeDon Balke is an American artist. He is best known for his watercolor wildlife art and scenic oil paintings.- Life and career :Balke, the youngest of ten children, grew up on a farm in northern backcountry of Wisconsin...
- Peter Barrett
- Robert BatemanRobert Bateman (naturalist)Robert Bateman, OC, OBC is a Canadian naturalist and painter, born in Toronto, Ontario.Bateman was always interested in art, but he never intended on making a living from it. He was fascinated by the natural world in his childhood; he recorded the sightings of all of the birds in the area of his...
- John BanovichJohn BanovichJohn Banovich is an American artist born in Butte, Montana. JOHN BANOVICH is among the world’s most renowned wildlife artists. His award-winning original paintings are owned and exhibited by noteworthy organizations and museums across the globe...
- William Holbrook BeardWilliam Holbrook BeardWilliam Holbrook Beard was an American painter.Beard was born in Painesville, Ohio. He studied abroad, and in 1861 moved to New York City, where, in 1862, he became a member of the National Academy of Design. Beard was a prolific artist...
- Frank BensonFrank Weston BensonFrank Weston Benson, frequently referred to as Frank W. Benson, was an American artist from Salem, Massachusetts known for his Realistic portraits, American Impressionist paintings, watercolors and etchings. He began his career painting portraits of distinguished families and murals for the...
- William D. BerryWilliam D. BerryWilliam D. Berry or Bill Berry was an influential Alaskan artist known for his wildlife sketches, cartoons, and paintings.-Life and work:...
- Thierry BischThierry Bisch-Early life and education:Bisch comes from a family with industrial interests in France. The work of his great-grand father, the painter Louis Janmot , had a profound influence upon him....
- Steve BloomSteve BloomSteve Bloom is a photographer and writer. He is best known for his photography books and essays, many of which feature wildlife; as well as his large scale outdoor exhibitions called Spirit of the Wild.-Career:...
- Karl BlossfeldtKarl BlossfeldtKarl Blossfeldt was a German photographer, sculptor, teacher and artist who worked in Berlin, Germany. He is best known for his close-up photographs of plants and living things. He was inspired, as was his father, by nature and the way in which plants grow...
- Carl BrendersCarl BrendersCarl Brenders is a naturalist and painter, born near Antwerp, Belgium. The painter is most famous for his detailed and life-like paintings of wildlife....
- Diana Brown
- Rembrandt BugattiRembrandt BugattiRembrandt Bugatti was an Italian sculptor, known primarily for his bronze sculptures of wildlife subjects.- Early life :...
- John BusbyJohn BusbyJohn Busby was an English-born surveyor and civil engineer, active in Australia.-Early life:Busby was born in Alnwick, Northumberland, England, eldest son of George Busby, a miner and coalmaster of Stamford, and his wife Margaret, née Wilson, of Dunstan, Northumberland...
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- Thomas Aquinas DalyThomas Aquinas DalyThomas Aquinas Daly is an American contemporary landscape and still life painter.Educated as a graphic artist at the University of Buffalo, Daly spent 23 years working in the commercial printing business before leaving it in 1981 to devote his full attention to painting...
- John DavisJohn Davis (sculptor)John Davis was an Australian sculptor and pioneer of Environmental art.-Early life:He studied at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Caulfield institute of technology and Melbourne Teachers College before becoming a lecturer at Prahran College of Advanced Education.-Work:An Australian...
- Gerald Curtis DelanoGerald Curtis DelanoGerard Curtis Delano was a painter of the American west.Delano was born in Marion, Massachusetts. He served in the US Navy in the First World War, then worked on a ranch in Colorado, before moving to New York to study art...
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- Barry DriscollBarry DriscollBarrington Lionel "Barry" Driscoll was a British painter, wildlife artist and sculptor.In 1960 Driscoll painted three large murals in the London Zoo. A year later he illustrated the inaugural brochure for the World Wildlife Fund...
- Gerald DurrellGerald DurrellGerald "Gerry" Malcolm Durrell, OBE was a naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author and television presenter...
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- Robert GillmorRobert GillmorRobert Gillmor is an ornithologist, artist, illustrator, author and editor, from England. He is a founder member of the Society of Wildlife Artists and has been its Secretary, Chairman and President...
- Luther GoldmanLuther GoldmanLuther Chase Goldman was an American naturalist and wildlife photographer. Best known for his photographs of endangered species of birds, he was chief photographer of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service....
- Glenn GoreGlenn GoreBorn in Columbia, Louisiana on September 8th, 1939, Glenn Gore is a renowned wildlife artist and photographer.One of Gore's most noted works include a special series of twenty-nine wildlife scratchboard etchings....
- Elizabeth GouldElizabeth Gould (illustrator)Elizabeth Gould was a British artist and illustrator, married to naturalist John Gould. She produced many illustrations for his ornithological works....
- John GouldJohn GouldJohn Gould was an English ornithologist and bird artist. The Gould League in Australia was named after him. His identification of the birds now nicknamed "Darwin's finches" played a role in the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection...
- Peter Benjamin GrahamPeter Benjamin GrahamPeter Benjamin Graham , was an Australian visual artist, a master craftsman in a variety of printing techniques, and an art theorist. Peter saw no contradiction between abstract and figurative art...
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- Ernst HaeckelErnst HaeckelThe "European War" became known as "The Great War", and it was not until 1920, in the book "The First World War 1914-1918" by Charles à Court Repington, that the term "First World War" was used as the official name for the conflict.-Research:...
- Kunstformen der NaturKunstformen der NaturKunstformen der Natur is a book of lithographic and autotype prints by German biologist Ernst Haeckel. Originally published in sets of ten between 1899 and 1904 and as a complete volume in 1904, it consists of 100 prints of various organisms, many of which were first described by Haeckel himself... - Michael HamptonMichael HamptonMichael Hampton is a funk/rock guitarist. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic....
- Ray HarmRay HarmRay Harm is an American artist, best known for his paintings of wildlife, primariliy birds. He is also well known for art marketing, generally credited as the co-creator of the limited edition art print market, which supplanted the traditional method where artists sold original works on an...
- Charley HarperCharley HarperCharley Harper was a Cincinnati-based American Modernist artist. He was best known for his highly stylized wildlife prints, posters and book illustrations....
- Jim HautmanJim HautmanJim Hautman is an American painter, residing in Minnesota. The artist is best known for his realism wildlife art, particularly the US Federal Duck Stamp. The artist's paintings have been featured on the 1999, 1995 and 1990 Federal Duck Stamps, raising millions for conservation. His brothers Joe...
- Joe HautmanJoe HautmanJoe Hautman is an American painter, residing in Plymouth, Minnesota. The artist is best known for his realism wildlife art, particularly the US Federal Duck Stamp. The artist holds a Ph.D...
- Robert HautmanRobert HautmanRobert Hautman is an American painter, residing in western Minnesota. The artist is best known for his realism wildlife art, particularly the US Federal Duck Stamp. The artist's paintings have been featured on the 2001 and 1997 Federal Duck Stamps, raising millions for conservation.His brothers...
- Robert W. HinesRobert W. HinesRobert W. Hines , was an American wildlife artist who had a long career with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.Born in Columbus, Ohio, Hines had virtually no formal training in art or in wildlife science, yet by the age of twenty-seven he was working as staff artist with the Ohio...
- Gary HodgesGary HodgesGary Hodges is also the name of a member of The 4-Skins.Gary Hodges is a British artist and publisher much admired internationally for his graphite pencil wildlife art...
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- John Gerrard KeulemansJohn Gerrard KeulemansJohannes Gerardus Keulemans was a Dutch bird illustrator.-Biography and Work:...
- Don KloetzkeDon KloetzkeDon Kloetzke is an American painter with more than thirty years of painting experience. Known for his wildlife art portraits, he has also painted landscapes, still life, World War II aircraft along with emotional Green Bay Packer fan themes....
- Jörg KühnJörg KühnJörg Kühn was a Swiss artist, naturalist and scientific illustrator who specialized in animal and bird paintings and drawings. He was also a children's book illustrator...
- Frank KnightFrank Knight (artist)Frank Knight is an Australian wildlife artist and ornithologist. He was born in Port Hedland, Western Australia. He worked as a field and laboratory assistant for the CSIRO from 1959 to 1966, and was the illustrator for the CSIRO’s Division of Wildlife Research from 1966 until 1989...
- Friedrich Wilhelm KuhnertFriedrich Wilhelm KuhnertFriedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert was a German painter, author and illustrator, who specialized in animal images.-Personal life:...
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- Edwin Landseer
- Fenwick LansdowneFenwick LansdowneJames Fenwick Lansdowne, OC, OBC was a self-taught Canadian wildlife artist. Lansdowne was born in Hong Kong and grew up in Victoria, British Columbia...
- Bonnie LathamBonnie LathamBonnie Latham is an American painter, residing in Hastings, Minnesota. The artist is most known for her paintings of wildlife in realism painted in the style of miniature.The artist's painting was selected for the 2000 Federal Junior duck stamp...
- Karen LathamKaren LathamKaren Latham is an American painter, residing in Hastings, Minnesota. The artist is most known for her paintings of wildlife in realism painted in the style of miniature.The artist's painting was selected for the 2008 Illinois Conservation Stamp...
- Rebecca LathamRebecca LathamRebecca Latham is an American painter, residing in Hastings, Minnesota. Latham is most known for her paintings of wildlife in realism painted in the style of miniature....
- Edward LearEdward LearEdward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, author, and poet, renowned today primarily for his literary nonsense, in poetry and prose, and especially his limericks, a form that he popularised.-Biography:...
- Bruno LiljeforsBruno LiljeforsBruno Andreas Liljefors was a Swedish artist, the most important and probably the most influential wildlife painter of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century...
- M. Bernard LoatesM. Bernard LoatesM. Bernard Loates is a Canadian artist, lithographer and publisher in the manner of the private press movement. The private press movement refers to a printing press or publishing method that is artistic based, with great attention to detail as opposed to commercially based...
- George Edward LodgeGeorge Edward LodgeGeorge Edward Lodge FZS, was a British illustrator of birds and an authority on falconry.-Early life:...
- Blythe LoutitBlythe LoutitBlythe Loutit née Pascoe , was a founder member of the , an artist and a respected conservationist....
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- Kathleen McArthurKathleen McArthurKathleen McArthur , was an Australian naturalist, writer, botanical illustrator and conservationist. She was born in Brisbane, Queensland to Catherine and Daniel Evans. Her mother was a daughter of the Durack pastoral family, her father a co-founder of an engineering firm. She married Malcolm...
- Ustad MansurUstad MansurUstad Mansur was a seventeenth century Mughal painter and court artist of Jehangir who specialised in depicting plants and animals.-Life and works:...
- Stanley MeltzoffStanley MeltzoffStanley Meltzoff was an American painter and was most known for his marine paintings The artist attended the MA Inst. Fine Arts, NYU, 1940 and the Art Students League of New York. He was a soldier Artist-Journalist with Stars and Stripes, Italy World War II 1941-45. The artist became a full time...
- Maria Sibylla MerianMaria Sibylla MerianMaria Sibylla Merian was a naturalist and scientific illustrator who studied plants and insects and made detailed paintings about them...
- Lanford MonroeLanford MonroeLanford Monroe was an internationally-known American realist painter and sculptor. She was best known for impressionistic oil paintings frequently featuring wildlife or equine subjects. She was the daughter of noted magazine illustrator C.E. Monroe, Jr...
- Gustav MützelGustav MützelGustav Mützel was a German artist, famous for his animal paintings, including the illustrations for the second edition of Alfred Edmund Brehm's Thierleben.-External links:...
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- Henry Constantine RichterHenry Constantine RichterHenry Constantine Richter was a zoological illustrator.Richter was employed by John Gould to assist with the illustrations of his zoological works after the death of Gould's wife Elizabeth...
- Arthur Spencer RobertsArthur Spencer RobertsArthur Spencer Roberts was a British painter interested mainly in animal and wildlife subjects, but who also produced portraits and paintings of military scenes...
- Chris RoseChris RoseChristopher Rose is an American sportscaster.-Early life and career:Rose attended University School in Hunting Valley during high school. Rose attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and graduated in 1993...
- Frédéric RossifFrédéric RossifFrédéric Rossif was a French film and television director who specialized primarily on documentaries, frequently using archive footage. Rossif's common themes included wildlife, 20th century history and contemporary artists...
- Carl RungiusCarl RungiusCarl Clemens Moritz Rungius was a leading American wildlife artist. He was born in Germany though he immigrated to the United States and he spent his career painting in the western United States and Canada...
- John RuthvenJohn RuthvenJohn A. Ruthven is an American artist best known for his paintings of wildlife.After serving in the U.S. military in World War II, Ruthven opened a commercial art studio in Cincinnati. His work for clients included the Play-Doh Boy, used in that product's original 1950s advertising...
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- J. Michael ScottJ. Michael ScottDr. J. Michael Scott, a senior scientist, distinguished emeritus professor, environmentalist and author, was born in 1941 in San Diego, California.-Education:A graduate of San Diego County's Helix High School, Dr...
- Peter ScottPeter ScottSir Peter Markham Scott, CH, CBE, DSC and Bar, MID, FRS, FZS, was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer and sportsman....
- Robert ScriverRobert ScriverRobert "Bob" Macfie Scriver was a Montana sculptor who was born on the Blackfeet reservation of Anglophone Quebec parents. Scriver was a scholar of Blackfoot Indian culture and history, and knew and associated with Blackfoot historian James Willard Schultz in the earlier part of his life.He...
- Keith ShackletonKeith ShackletonKeith Shackleton is a British painter who has concentrated on landscape views and animals. He has also produced limited edition prints. He was a friend of the conservationist and fellow painter Peter Scott and they visited Antarctica together...
- David ShepherdDavid Shepherd (artist)Richard David Shepherd CBE FRSA FGRA is a British artist and one of the world's most outspoken conservationists. He is most famous for his paintings of wildlife, although he also often paints steam railways, aircraft and landscapes...
- Joseph SmitJoseph SmitJoseph Smit was a Dutch zoological illustrator.-Background:...
- Daniel SmithDaniel Smith (artist)Daniel Smith is an American painter who resides in Bozeman, Montana. He is most known for his realism of wildlife.In 1988, Smith won the US Federal Duck Stamp with a painting of a snow goose....
- Robert SummersRobert Summers (artist)Robert Temple Summers II, is an American artist, in Cleburne, Texas. Summers, who works as a painter and sculptor, has created prominent bronze works displayed in places such as the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame Museum, the Dallas Pioneer Park the Loews Anatole Hotel, Fair Park, Los Angeles...
- George Miksch SuttonGeorge Miksch SuttonGeorge Miksch Sutton was an American ornithologist and bird artist. He published numerous technical papers in ornithology as well as more popular works illustrated with his own art. His early artistic work was inspired and tutored by Louis Agassiz Fuertes...
- William Swainson
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- Arthur Fitzwilliam TaitArthur Fitzwilliam TaitArthur Fitzwilliam Tait was an American artist who is known mostly for his paintings of wildlife. During most of his career, he was associated with the New York City art scene.-Biography:...
- Daniel TaylorDaniel Taylor (painter)Canadian painter Daniel Taylor is internationally renowned for his high realism portraits and wildlife art. For the greater part of his life he lived with his family in the interior of British Columbia...
- Archibald ThorburnArchibald ThorburnArchibald Thorburn was a Scottish artist and bird illustrator, painting mostly in watercolour. He regularly visited Scotland to sketch birds in the wild, his favourite haunt being the Forest of Gaick near Kingussie in Invernesshire...
- Clarence TilleniusClarence TilleniusClarence Tillenius, is a Canadian artist, environmentalist, and advocate for the protection of wildlife and wilderness.- Early years :...
- David TiplingDavid TiplingDavid Tipling is a professional wildlife photographer with an international reputation. His highly distinctive images have earned him many awards and accolades...
- Peter TruslerPeter TruslerPeter Trusler is an Australian wildlife artist who illustrates native Australian birds and represents biologically rigorous reconstructions of prehistoric fauna....
- Charles TunnicliffeCharles TunnicliffeCharles Frederick Tunnicliffe was an internationally renowned naturalistic painter of British birds and other wildlife. He spent most of his working life on the Isle of Anglesey.-Life:...
- Dick TwinneyDick TwinneyDick Twinney is an English illustrator and wildlife artist. Originally from Devon, he has lived and worked in Cornwall for over 35 years.His work appears frequently in Westcountry magazines and newspapers, especially the Cornish Guardian where he writes and illustrates the weekly article 'Wildlife...
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- D.I.M. Wallace
- Donald Watson
- Alexander WilsonAlexander WilsonAlexander Wilson was a Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, naturalist, and illustrator.Wilson was born in Paisley, Scotland, the son of an illiterate distiller. In 1779 he was apprenticed as a weaver. His main interest at this time was in writing poetry...
- Art WolfeArt WolfeArt Wolfe is an American photographer, television host, conservationist, photography teacher and artist. He is most notably known for his color photographs of wildlife, nature and cultures.- Image manipulation :...