Paintings and drawings c. 1940-1985.

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Paintings and drawings c. 1940-1985.

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Dick's artwork includes 35 framed paintings, approx. 200 mounted paintings, and approx. 500 pen-and-ink drawings. Most of the paintings and drawings were prepared for publication on the basis of field observations, color photographs taken with telephoto lense, and bird skins which Dick collected and stored at Dixie Plantation in Megget (SC), borrowed from the American Museum of Natural History, or studied in other museums such as the museum of the Bombay Natural History Society (which houses his paintings of Indian birds). The drawings include the original illustrations for "A Gathering of Shore Birds" by Henry Marion Hall (1960), "Carolina Low Country Impressions" with the text by Alexander Sprunt, Jr. (1964), "The Birds of Nova Scotia" by Robie W. Tufts (1961), "World of the Great White Heron: a Saga of the Florida Keys" by Marjory Bartlett Sanger (1967), Dick's "Other Edens," and other publications. In addition, the collection contains 16 framed works by other artists.

30 linear ft.

College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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Dick, John Henry, 1919-1995

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"Artist Naturalist" is how Dick described himself in his autobiographical book entitled "Other Edens" (1979). He established a reputation as one of the leading bird painters in the United States when he illustrated the "Warblers of America" (edited by Ludlow Griscom and Alexander Sprunt, Jr., 1957). He painted approximately 2,500 separate birds for the "Pictorial Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent" with text by Salim Ali and S. Dillon Ripley (1983). He painted about 600 birds for the ...