Archibald Thorburn (1860 - 1935) (130 works)

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Archibald Thorburn, a Scottish animal painter known for his watercolors and lithographs of birds, was born into the family of portrait miniaturist Robert Thorburn, who was patronized by Queen Victoria. Already in his early years, the future world-famous animal painter loved to draw animals, birds and flowers. After studying in Dalkeith and Edinburgh, Thorburn was sent to the newly formed St John's Wood School of Art in London. In the 1880s Thorburn illustrated Lord Litford's Colored Figures of the Birds of the British Isles, for which the artist painted 268 watercolors, published between 1885 and 1898. From the age of 20, Thorburn regularly participated in exhibitions at the Royal Academy of Arts. In 1899 he made a drawing for the first Christmas card of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, of which he was vice-president. Thorburn will continue to draw postcards for the Society in all subsequent years. For the sake of sketching birds from nature, in natural conditions, A. Thorburn regularly traveled to Scotland. Thorburn, who had an excellent knowledge of ornithology, preferred complex compositions with playing birds.