AMERICAN WILDLIFE ART ALERT
Used
copies of the highly acclaimed art history reference book, AMERICAN
WILDLIFE ART, have become available at Amazon at the un-heard of price
of $12 and change. (New copies start at $95.00.)
“I knew it [American Wildlife Art]
would be good but this is beyond my expectations! It is incredibly well
researched and very informative. This volume will stand as the
definitive work on the subject for years to come, perhaps forever …
David Wagner is the
number one intellectual in wildlife art certainly in America, maybe in the world.”
Robert Bateman, Painter
“Wildlife art could not have a more eloquent or knowledgeable
spokesperson than David Wagner, and I’m sure that all artists
working with wildlife today feel the same gratitude that I do for his dedication of so much of his life and talent to our field.”
Kent Ullberg, Sculptor
“David Wagner’s prodigious research ability has produced what will undoubtedly prove to be the definitive work on the history of
American
wildlife art. While others have written on particular facets of the
subject, Wagner ties all the strands of the story together and presents
it to the reader in a beautifully written illustrated synthesis.”
John F. Reiger
Author of American Sportsmen and the Origins of Conservation
Professor, Ohio University—Chillicothe
“Although
many works chronicle the development of natural history illustration
and wildlife art, few provide such a concise, thorough, and scholarly
examination of the topic. As one would expect, this work by independent
scholar Wagner is handsomely illustrated with carefully selected
examples of the evolution of American wildlife art in paintings, prints,
and sculpture. Since the 19th century, wildlife art had been ubiquitous
in the US, appearing as illustrations in books, magazines, calendars,
and other forms of print media. These images and representations of
wildlife have helped shape the American perception of the variety and
abundance of the nation’s natural world. Often disdained by art critics
and the national arbiters of fine art, wildlife art has always been
popular with the American people. Although this volume is chronological
in its organization, the author provides both additional contextual
information and particularly salient information concerning the methods
of reproduction of wildlife art and the significance of its mass
distribution. Especially useful for students are the meticulous
delineations of influences upon each artist, as appropriate, and the
detailed notes that appear at the end of each section.”
P.D. Thomas, Wichita State University
Choice Magazine, September 2008
More reviews here: http://american-wildlife-art.com/site/?page_id=16
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