Wildlife art
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Wildlife art is one of humanity's earliest art forms, dating back to prehistoric cave paintings such as those found at the grotto of Lascaux in France.
Wildlife Art is the most widely recognized of human art forms as its depiction of the natural world, and the wildlife inhabiting it is a universal theme covering all cultures on all continents.
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[edit] Modern Wildlife Art
Modern wildlife artists most often seek to enrich and inspire public appreciation of humanity's relationship with nature by focusing their art on the depiction of mammals, birds, sealife and insects.
[edit] Artists
There are hundreds of internationally acclaimed painters and sculptors who have looked to the relationship between people and wildlife as a means of exploring humanity’s place in the world. Important forerunners of the mordern style of wildlife sculpture include Rembrandt Bugatti and François Pompon.
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[edit] External links
- Nature In Art Museum The world's first museum dedicated exclusively to fine, decorative and applied art inspired by nature.
- National Museum of Wildlife Art
