A CELEBRATION OF BIRDS - C.G. FINCH-DAVIES'S FINAL ALBUM OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN BIRDS by CG Finch-Davies
Claude Gibney Finch-Davies (1876-1920) was an artist of immense talent who received the recognition he so richly deserved only in recent years and long after his death. Unlike most of his contemporaries who painted birds full-time, Finch-Davies was first and foremost a professional soldier able to paint only in his spare moments. Given this fact, and that he died at the relatively young age of 44 we can but speculate on the degree of excellence he might have achieved had he lived a normal span.
During his lifetime he illustrated only, one book and for over 50 years after his death his paintings (numbering nearly 1 000) were denied the public for reasons concerning copyright. It was not until 1976 that a smal number of superb paintings was reproduced in book form for the enjoyment of the public and leading authorities in the field. During the 1980s a further four volumes of paintings were reproduced, in limited numbers, for an ever-expanding and appreciative audience both locally and internationally.
1990 Hardcover in Slip Case
ISBN - 0-620-14819-5
Condition - Extremely Fine
MB & FB
Claude Gibney Finch-Davies (1876-1920) was an artist of immense talent who received the recognition he so richly deserved only in recent years and long after his death. Unlike most of his contemporaries who painted birds full-time, Finch-Davies was first and foremost a professional soldier able to paint only in his spare moments. Given this fact, and that he died at the relatively young age of 44 we can but speculate on the degree of excellence he might have achieved had he lived a normal span.
During his lifetime he illustrated only, one book and for over 50 years after his death his paintings (numbering nearly 1 000) were denied the public for reasons concerning copyright. It was not until 1976 that a smal number of superb paintings was reproduced in book form for the enjoyment of the public and leading authorities in the field. During the 1980s a further four volumes of paintings were reproduced, in limited numbers, for an ever-expanding and appreciative audience both locally and internationally.
1990 Hardcover in Slip Case
ISBN - 0-620-14819-5
Condition - Extremely Fine
MB & FB
Claude Gibney Finch-Davies (1876-1920) was an artist of immense talent who received the recognition he so richly deserved only in recent years and long after his death. Unlike most of his contemporaries who painted birds full-time, Finch-Davies was first and foremost a professional soldier able to paint only in his spare moments. Given this fact, and that he died at the relatively young age of 44 we can but speculate on the degree of excellence he might have achieved had he lived a normal span.
During his lifetime he illustrated only, one book and for over 50 years after his death his paintings (numbering nearly 1 000) were denied the public for reasons concerning copyright. It was not until 1976 that a smal number of superb paintings was reproduced in book form for the enjoyment of the public and leading authorities in the field. During the 1980s a further four volumes of paintings were reproduced, in limited numbers, for an ever-expanding and appreciative audience both locally and internationally.
1990 Hardcover in Slip Case
ISBN - 0-620-14819-5
Condition - Extremely Fine
MB & FB