John Cyril Harrison (1898-1885)

Blackgame at Invermoriston, Loch Ness

细节
John Cyril Harrison (1898-1885)
Blackgame at Invermoriston, Loch Ness
signed 'J C Harrison' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of white
21¾ x 30¼in. (55.3 x 76.8cm.)
来源
with the Tryon Gallery Ltd.
with the Devon Gallery Ltd.

拍品专文

From an early age Harrison studied and sketched birds learning anatomy from the practise of taxidermy. He studied Art at the Slade after the 1914-18 war. Harrison travelled throughout England and in 1938 went to Iceland to study the birdlife and landscape. He wrote and illustrated Bird Portraits and also provided the illustrations for Jean Delacour's Pheasants of the World. Later he also travelled round Africa in order to observe the birds, animals and landscape. Harrison lived for many years in Norfolk where he painted the birds of the Broads and the game birds in their natural surroundings. He also visited Scotland to paint game birds and in connection with his illustrations for Seton Gordon's, Days with the Golden Eagle, 1927.