Art and the Animal Lecture Series

David Wagner

September 04, 2008

7:00pm

Event Summary

David Wagner (Ph.D., American Wildlife Art, University of Minnesota), Art and the Animal

The Story of American Wildlife Art is a his slide lecture presented by Dr. Wagner which illustrates how wildlife art evolved from the early watercolor drawings of artist/naturalists such as John White who worked in the 16th Century in Sir Walter Raleigh's Roanoke Colony to John James Audubon in the 19th Century; in the early 20th Century, Carl Rungius, painted impressionistic landscapes populated by big game, while painter Robert Bateman and sculptor, Kent Ullberg created postmodern wildlife art at the end of the 20th Century.

Dr. Wagner explains how this evolution occurred, how artists actually made their paintings, prints, and sculptures, and how they helped shape the Conservation Movement.