Sympathetic Detail:R. F. Deckert and the Art of Natural History Illustration

Every day beginning Mon. Dec. 19 2016

• Location:

  MSU Museum

• Cost:

  free

• Categories:
  • Visual Arts
  • Museums & Collections
  • Humanities
• Formats:
  • Exhibitions
• Audiences:
  • MSU Community
  • Children or Youth
  • Students
  • General Public
• Description:
  Sympathetic Detail:R. F. Deckert and the Art of Natural History Illustration

  Art-Science-Creativity Gallery

  Through November 22, 2017

   

  For centuries, artists illustrated what scientists discovered, collected, and classified. This exhibition features the watercolor paintings of artist Richard F. Deckert (1878-1971). Deckert spent his adult life exploring the natural world, collecting and researching animals, particularly reptiles and amphibians, for museums, universities, and scholars. His sympathetic portraits of these animals, technically correct to the finest detail, illuminate a fascinating chapter in natural history illustration.
• Website:

  http://museum.msu.edu

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