| Wildlife art by Durer, Albrecht (May 1471 to Apr | | | | watercolors painted while traveling in Europe are |
| 1528) | | | | the first known pure landscape art in the Western |
| This article will tell you about the wildlife art of the | | | | Art tradition. |
| famous German renaissance artist Albrecht Durer, | | | | Durer's father's profession was goldsmithing, and |
| who is one of the most popular wildife artists | | | | Durer's godfather left his work as a goldsmith to |
| ever . . . | | | | become an extremely successful printer. |
| Durer is a famous German artist and | | | | Durer himself showed, from an early age, an |
| mathematician who established his reputation early | | | | exceptional talent for drawing. He studied printing |
| in life and is now thought of as the greatest | | | | in Venice where he learned anatomy and the |
| Northern European Renaissance artist. His wildlife | | | | recent developments in perspective. He was |
| art is some of his most popular artworks, and | | | | obviously influenced by artists there . . . these |
| includes a rhinoceros done from a verbal | | | | influences he integrated with his Northern |
| description by a fellow artist which is not very | | | | European context. Although Durer is well known |
| accurate but still a great piece of art. His other | | | | for his woodblock prints, the actual craftwork |
| well-know animal and bird art includes "young | | | | was almost certainly done by others from |
| hare", "screech owl" (sometimes known as "little | | | | drawings by Durer. |
| owl") and squirrels (see the bottom of this article | | | | His engravings of animals and other subjects |
| for a link to see all those and more). | | | | made him famous all through Europe. The |
| Durers other genres of art include self-portraits, | | | | majority of his works were printmaking because |
| religious art (including "adam", "praying hands" etc.) | | | | this offered more income for the time spent than |
| and various other works. His art often reflected | | | | painting. His art has been a great influence on |
| the apocalyptic spirit of the age. His landscape | | | | many of the artists who came after him. |