Les Oiseaux Nouveaux

Flying on the wings of a brand new century

Theo van Hoytema, 1893

Otto Eckmann, 1896

Jugend Magazine, 1897

Walter Klemm

Camille Martin, late 1890s

Manuel Orazi, 1900, thanks to Peacock's Garden

Bruno Paul, 1901

Marcel Behmer, illustration for Die Insel, 1901

Book cover by B. Löffler, 1903

Edward Penfield, 1904

Anatoly Arapov, 1905

Ilna Ewers-Wunderwald, 1905

Karol Frycz, rolling papers ad, 1905

Galileo Chini tile, 1906

Hungarian postcard, 1910

For more turn of the century birds, you can visit the posts

Centenary Birds, Seasons of the Peacock and L'Animal dans la Décoration

Sunday Safari - Supper's Ready

Tomi Ungerer

Kathleen Hale, Orlando (the Marmalade Cat) His silver Wedding, 1946 

Jim Flora

Yuri Vasnetsov

Art Seiden, Sonny the Lucky Bunny, 1952, thanks to try-whistling-this

 Delphine Durand, Big Rabbit’s Bad Mood, thanks to Stickers and Stuff

Tony Palladino, sketch for Anthony The Crocodile With A Glass Stomach

via the Milton Glaser Archives 

A. Georgievskaya illustration for Lesson of politeness by Samuil Marshak, 1978

thanks to Library things

Willy Schermele, Hondjes, thanks to janwillemsen

Eric Carle

 Daty Healy, Cat tales from many lands, 1932, via Curio Books

Paula Winter, The Bear and the Fly, thanks to fuck yeah,children's books!

Simone Rea

Friends & Feathers

Will Barnet

Last week our cockatoo friend Viola went back to her home.

Even though she could be as demanding as a toddler (and much louder),

most of the time her presence was delightful and very entertaining.

By the way, I didn't know that cockatoos love cuddles so much!

Seba fell completely under her spell, and after taking dozens of photos

he has already created two portraits of Viola, one of which now hangs 

where her cage used to stand. This post is dedicated to him and to 

all bird lovers, and naturally to our beautiful feathered friends.

Karolin Schnoor

Aris Moore, thanks to Art Found Out

Alberto Macone

Beatrice Alemagna, illustration from Jo singe garçon

Susumu Fujimoto

Bobi Bobi

Elsa Mora

René and Radka

Andrey Remnev

 Clive Hicks-Jenkins, Kevin and the blackbird's nest

Dilka Bear, New Moon, thanks to magpie and whiskeyjack

Michael Shapcott

 GrapeFrogg, You Could Stay There

From the Field

Yellow Warblers

Holly Ward Bimba, the artist behind Golly Bard, paints lovely watercolors inspired

by the nature surrounding her cottage in the rural village of Upperville, VIrginia.

After learning how to work with watercolor from her high school art teacher, 

she studied printmaking, papermaking, and book arts at Syracuse University. 

Watercolor still remains her favorite medium, and she uses it to create 

delicate portraits of wild animals, plants, and other tiny wonders.

Wild Hare and Honey Bees

Web Weaver no. 5

Ant Hill

I love the way she combines her methodic, science–oriented approach to observing and recording

details and patterns, with a spontaneous, whimsical style and wonderful feeling for color. 

Frolic in the Fernwood

Wild Hare and Honey Bees

Black Swan and Water Lily Bog

RIng Necked Pheasant no. 2

Bard is fascinated by natural history, repetition, and cataloguing. She often creates

artworks featuring series of animals, or series of artworks with the same subject. 

Swarm of Empresses

Migration

Fanciful Feather Collection no. 1

Beetles, Weevils and Flies no. 8

You can view the rest of the series on Bard's Flickr gallery. 

Bard has recently designed the Woodland Collection of fabrics. These charming works can be bought 

from Spoonflower, a company that allows artists to print their own designs using digital textile printers 

and eco-friendly inks on natural fiber fabrics.