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Archibald Thorburn is known for his detailed depictions of wild birds. Occasionally he also painted other animals, but mostly the bird life of Scotland. Thorburn also captured the wild and romantic landscape in which these animals live in his masterly watercolour paintings. The works were created in different seasons, very often in autumn and winter. But even when only a section, such as blades of grass, branches or part of a body of water are visible in the picture, the season can be recognised from the colours. Thorborn's technique consisted of sketching the animals in nature and then, in the studio, colouring them. The colours are sometimes very strong, the lines fine. This is remarkable because Thorburn used watercolours. The mastery with which the pictures were painted was recognised - even as a young man Archibald Thorburn was allowed to exhibit at the British Royal Academy.
Thorburn was born in Scotland and there he often went out into nature to observe and paint birds. His role model and teacher was the illustrator Joseph Wolf, who accompanied naturalists on their expeditions to draw animals. Thus Archibald Thorburn also specialized in the depiction of animals. He illustrated several books about the British bird world, which is how most of his works were created. Thorburn himself also published books on the animal world of Britain, some of them together with the ornithologist, bird painter and writer John Guille Millais. Thorburn wrote some of his books alone, wrote the text and designed the pictures. In this way, he also created works about the wild mammals of Great Britain. He also illustrated books about hunting and fishing. However, birds dominated Thorburn's work and were his main area of interest. He was also involved in the British Society for the Protection of Birds, and was even its deputy president for several years.
To this day Archibald Thorburn is a role model for artists who deal with the representation of wild birds. This is no wonder, since Thorburn was not only a master in his field, but also a kind of pioneer in the art scene. During his lifetime, animal motifs were not particularly popular among artists. Until then, animals were mainly drawn with ink for natural history books, the illustrations were more for information than to please the eye. Archibald Thorburn combined both in touching pictures and informative books.
Archibald Thorburn is known for his detailed depictions of wild birds. Occasionally he also painted other animals, but mostly the bird life of Scotland. Thorburn also captured the wild and romantic landscape in which these animals live in his masterly watercolour paintings. The works were created in different seasons, very often in autumn and winter. But even when only a section, such as blades of grass, branches or part of a body of water are visible in the picture, the season can be recognised from the colours. Thorborn's technique consisted of sketching the animals in nature and then, in the studio, colouring them. The colours are sometimes very strong, the lines fine. This is remarkable because Thorburn used watercolours. The mastery with which the pictures were painted was recognised - even as a young man Archibald Thorburn was allowed to exhibit at the British Royal Academy.
Thorburn was born in Scotland and there he often went out into nature to observe and paint birds. His role model and teacher was the illustrator Joseph Wolf, who accompanied naturalists on their expeditions to draw animals. Thus Archibald Thorburn also specialized in the depiction of animals. He illustrated several books about the British bird world, which is how most of his works were created. Thorburn himself also published books on the animal world of Britain, some of them together with the ornithologist, bird painter and writer John Guille Millais. Thorburn wrote some of his books alone, wrote the text and designed the pictures. In this way, he also created works about the wild mammals of Great Britain. He also illustrated books about hunting and fishing. However, birds dominated Thorburn's work and were his main area of interest. He was also involved in the British Society for the Protection of Birds, and was even its deputy president for several years.
To this day Archibald Thorburn is a role model for artists who deal with the representation of wild birds. This is no wonder, since Thorburn was not only a master in his field, but also a kind of pioneer in the art scene. During his lifetime, animal motifs were not particularly popular among artists. Until then, animals were mainly drawn with ink for natural history books, the illustrations were more for information than to please the eye. Archibald Thorburn combined both in touching pictures and informative books.
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.jpg "Park Cattle by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Partridges in Early Morning, 1910 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Hoopoes by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Common Hare by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Common Shrew, Lesser Shrew & Water Shrew, from Thorburn")
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.jpg "Badger, pub. by Book Club Associates by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Ruffs and Reeves, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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_Irish_Hare_-_(MeisterDrucke-659225).jpg "Mountain Hare (Autumn), Irish Hare by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Long Tailed Duck by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Black Tailed Godwit, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Turnstone, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Tufted Duck by Archibald Thorburn")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-152810).jpg "Red Grouse on the Moor by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Sporting Subjects, Woodcock Dropping into Cover by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Lesser Rorqual, Rudolphis Rorqual, Bottle-nosed Whale by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Pallass Sand Grouse, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Killer, Pilot Whale by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Serotine and Leisler")
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.jpg "Grey Seal by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "White Whale, Narwhal by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Rabbit, from Thorburn")
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.jpg "Crane, Stone Curlew and Bustards, c.1915 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Alexandrine Rat and Black Rat, from Thorburn")
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.jpg "Woodcock in the Undergrowth by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "The Common Hare, from Thorburn")
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.jpg "Temmincks Stint, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Stoat, Weasel, Badger and Mole by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Common Rorqual, Sibbald")
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.jpg "Purple Sandpiper, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Spoonbill, Flamingo and Stork, c.1915 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "The Stoat, from Thorburn")
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.jpg "Rough Legged Buzzard, Spotted Eagle and Common Buzzard, c.1915 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Lesser Horseshoe Bat and Greater Horseshoe Bat, from Thorburn")
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.jpg "Little Egret, Buff Backed Heron, Common Heron, Purple Heron, Great White Heron by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Teal by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Spotted Redshank, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Porpoise, Risso")
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.jpg "Albatross, Petrels, Shearwater, Fulmar, c.1915 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Long Eared Owl, Barn Owl, Tawny Owl, Short Eared Owl by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "The Walrus, from Thorburn")
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_Irish_Stoat_(colour_litho)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1019341).jpg "Stoat (summer), Irish Stoat by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Chinese Ring-necked Pheasants in the Snow by Archibald Thorburn")
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_(colour_litho)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1495621).jpg "Common Partridge (male and female) by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Lesser Rorqual and Rudolph")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1495637).jpg "Goldfinch, Siskin by Archibald Thorburn")
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_from_Birds_of_the_British_Isles_and_Their_Egg_-_(MeisterDrucke-382318).jpg "Grey Phalarope (summer and autumn), from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-938796).jpg "Herons and Egret, c.1915 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Green Sandpiper, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "The Pine Marten, from Thorburn")
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.jpg "Iceland Falcon and Greenland Falcon by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1010403).jpg "Black Rat and Orkney Vole, c.1915 by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1495654).jpg "Merlin by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Ringed Seal, Harp Seal by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Whimbrel, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Red Grouse by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1495626).jpg "Goshawk by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Guillemots, razorbill, puffin and auks, c.1915 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Shag by Archibald Thorburn")
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_(colour_litho)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1485259).jpg "Chinese Ring-Necked Pheasant (male and female) by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-964077).jpg "Whiskered bat, c.1915 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Walrus by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Atlantic Right Whale, Humpbacked Whale by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Wood Sandpiper, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-642384).jpg "Mountain Hare (winter) by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1505148).jpg "Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Wood-Sandpiper by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Smew by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Jack Snipe, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1503490).jpg "Barn Owl by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Rabbit by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Dotterell, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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_(colour_litho)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1495577).jpg "Whinchat, Stonechat (male and female) by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "The Grey Seal, from Thorburn")
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_(colour_litho)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1508596).jpg "Brambling, Chaffinch (Male and Female) by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Eggs: Woodcock; Snipe, Stone Curlew, Redshank, Common Sandpiper, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1500577).jpg "Greenland Redpoll, Lesser Redpoll, Mealy Redpoll by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "White-beaked Dolphin, Bottle-nosed Dolphin, Common Dolphin by Archibald Thorburn")
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_Nightingale_(colour_litho)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1485301).jpg "Blackcap (male and female), Nightingale by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1506373).jpg "Buff-Backed Heron, Great White Heron, Little Egret by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Red Deer, from Thorburn")
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.jpg "Swift, Needle Tail Swift, Red Necked Nightjar, Nightjar, Egyptian Nightjar, Alpine Swift by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Red Breasted Snipe, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-938795).jpg "Swift, c.1915 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Wild Cattle by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Three colour sketches of male peregrine, c.1915 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Chartley Bull and Chillingham Bull, from Thorburn")
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.jpg "Wild Cattle, Cadzow by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Golden Plover, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd, 1958 by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1496013).jpg "Blue Titmouse, Marsh-Titmouse, Long-Tailed Titmouse by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Purple Loosestrife and Watermint, c.1910-20 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Fallow Deer by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1501029).jpg "Cirl Bunting, Little Bunting, Ortolan by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Weasel by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Sporting Subjects, a Drive by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Hobby, Merlin, Red Footed Falcon, Lesser Kestrel and Kestrel by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Field Vole, Bank Vole and Orkney Vole, from Thorburn")
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.jpg "Dormouse, from Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-964085).jpg "Two studies of black rat, c.1915 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Common Sandpiper, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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