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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 "A Woodcock and Chicks 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 "Hoopoes by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Partridges in Early Morning, 1910 by Archibald 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-642384).jpg "Mountain Hare (winter) by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "White-Beaked Dolphin, Bottle-Nosed Dolphin and Common Dolphin, from Thorburn")
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.jpg "Field Vole, Bank Vole and Orkney Vole, from Thorburn")
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.jpg "Magpie, Raven and Jackdaw by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Ptarmigan 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 "Wild Cattle, Cadzow by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Lesser Rorqual, Rudolphis Rorqual, Bottle-nosed 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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_1918_-_(MeisterDrucke-314658).jpg "Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) 1918 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Sporting Subjects, Woodcock Dropping into Cover by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Bottle Nosed Whale and Sperm Whale, from Thorburn")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-152810).jpg "Red Grouse on the Moor by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Roe Deer, from Thorburn")
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.jpg "The Mountain Hare and the Irish Hare in autumn, from Thorburn")
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.jpg "Long Eared Owl, Barn Owl, Tawny Owl, Short Eared Owl by Archibald 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 "Grey Seal by Archibald Thorburn")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-180107).jpg "Barn Owl, 1916 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Pectoral Sandpiper, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1495570).jpg "Common Heron, Purple Heron 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-964077).jpg "Whiskered bat, c.1915 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Rat, pub. by Book Club Associates by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Porpoise, Risso")
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.jpg "Black Tailed Godwit, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1010410).jpg "Eagle on nest, c.1915 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 "Lapwing, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Golden Eagle and Mountain Hare by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Temmincks Stint, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-938805).jpg "Golden Eagle, c.1915 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Stock Dove, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Yellow Necked Mouse and St Kilda Woodmouse, from Thorburn")
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_Common_Tern_(colour_litho)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1485284).jpg "Sandwich Tern (adult and young), Common Tern by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1485299).jpg "Jay, Magpie by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Chartley Bull and Chillingham Bull, from Thorburn")
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.jpg "Serotine and Leisler")
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.jpg "The Stoat, from Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-938796).jpg "Herons and Egret, c.1915 by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1485334).jpg "Golden Eagle 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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.jpg "Atlantic Right Whale, Humpbacked Whale 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 "Tufted Duck by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1503859).jpg "Woodcock 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-964085).jpg "Two studies of black rat, c.1915 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Ducks by a Lake by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "White Whale, Narwhal by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1020019).jpg "Woodcock beak, feet and wing, c.1915 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Common Rorqual, Sibbald")
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.jpg "Roseate Tern by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Rough Legged Buzzard, Spotted Eagle and Common Buzzard, c.1915 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 "Common Snipe, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd, 1958 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Woodcock in the Undergrowth 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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_Irish_Stoat_(colour_litho)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1019341).jpg "Stoat (summer), Irish Stoat 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1503490).jpg "Barn Owl by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Killer, Pilot Whale by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Purple Sandpiper, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Albatross, Petrels, Shearwater, Fulmar, c.1915 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 "Christmas Visitors, Fieldfares by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Rabbit by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Red Deer, from Thorburn")
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.jpg "Goldfinch 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-1501029).jpg "Cirl Bunting, Little Bunting, Ortolan by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Rabbit, from Thorburn")
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.jpg "Three colour sketches of male peregrine, c.1915 by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1495626).jpg "Goshawk by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Stoat, Weasel, Badger and Mole by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Sporting Subjects, Through the Deep Drift by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Sporting Sketches, Condemned to Death by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Otter by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "White-beaked Dolphin, Bottle-nosed Dolphin, Common Dolphin by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "A Razorbill by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Shag by Archibald Thorburn")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-149371).jpg "Two English Partridges by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1505148).jpg "Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Wood-Sandpiper 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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.jpg "Monarch of the Glen by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Hedgehog by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Curlew Sandpiper, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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_Bar-Tailed_Godwit_(winter)_(colour_litho)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1503544).jpg "Black-Tailed Godwit (winter), Bar-Tailed Godwit (winter) by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "The Walrus, from Thorburn")
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.jpg "Smew by Archibald Thorburn")
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