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C1919
Cosmaerops Ornatus. (Australian Bee-Eater).
Artist:
Roland Green (1896 - 1972)
Superb lithograph of the Rainbow Bee-eater from the last great bird series on Australian ornithology, The Birds of Australia by G. Matthews which is rarer than John Gould’s work on Australian birds, with only 225 sets done. It also was the last … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Cosmaerops Ornatus. (Australian Bee-Eater).
Date:
C1919
Artist:
Roland Green (1896 - 1972)
Engraver:
Witherby & Co
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Lithograph, with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
240mm
x 335mm
Paper Size:
240mm
x 335mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1919
Description:
Superb lithograph of the Rainbow Bee-eater from the last great bird series on Australian ornithology, The Birds of Australia by G. Matthews which is rarer than John Gould’s work on Australian birds, with only 225 sets done. It also was the last series produced to use hand colouring rather than colour printed lithography for the illustrations.
Common name: Rainbow Bee-Eater
First described: Latham 1801
Distribution: Mainland Australia
Biography:
Roland J. Green (1896-1972)
Green was an English bird artist, who produced numerous bird studies in watercolours and oils. Green remained a bachelor throughout his life, making his home in a disused drainage mill at Hickling in Norfolk. He set many of his bird paintings in the Broads, capturing some of the wild beauty of this region in his distinctive style. Roland Green was born in Kent, the son of a taxidermist, who trained him in the skinning, stuffing and setting up birds, thereby instilling an extensive knowledge of anatomy and plumage. He showed an early aptitude for drawing and painting birds. Educated in Rochester and at the Regent Street Polytechnic, he was a skilled bird and mammal painter, holding annual exhibitions of his paintings and etchings. The subjects of his etchings were snipe, Canada geese, mallard and kingfishers. He also gave lectures on bird watching and the drawing of birds, with an emphasis on birds in flight. He spent a great deal of time in the reedbeds, creating the mistaken impression of being unsociable, but his talks to pupils at various schools dispelled that notion.
