Carroll Sargent Tyson, Jr. (1877-1956) (after)
Great Blue Heron
Snowy Owl
from The Birds of Mount Desert Island
Roberto Hoesch, Milan: 1934-36
Color-printed lithographs
29.25 x 21.5 inches each
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Great Blue Heron and Snowy Owl
Carroll Tyson: The Birds of Mount Desert Island
Carroll Tyson: The Birds of Mount Desert Island
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Two lithographs after ornithological watercolors done by Carroll Tyson on Mount Desert Island in Maine, a summer resort. Tyson started this series of paintings in 1918 and exhibited them several times, including at the Delaware Art Museum (1938) and the Philadelphia Museum of Art (1947). The set was issued between 1934 and 1936 as a portfolio of 20 limited edition lithographs, color printed in Milan.
Tyson illustrated the birds in the midst of activity in the natural habitat: hunting, feeding or interacting with others of their species. This style followed many of the most renowned American bird artists, including John James Audubon (1785–1851) and Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874-1927). In the offered prints, the Snowy Owl perches on a rock, a freshly caught fish pinned belly-up under one claw and the Great Blue Heron squawks at a small green snake wrapped around its leg.
Carroll Sargent Tyson, Jr. was an American artist based in Philadelphia, best known for his coastal landscapes, portraits and natural history paintings of birds. He summered on Mount Desert Island in Maine and painted scenic landscapes in an Impressionist style. Tyson studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA) and with William Merritt Chase, Thomas Anshutz, and Cecilia Beaux. He also studied in Munich with Carl Marr and Walter Thor. He was a member of the National Academy, the Arts Club of Philadelphia and the Society of Independent Artists. He had a solo exhibition at the Wildenstein Gallery in New York in 1946. His works are in the collection of the PAFA and the White House. Tyson is most famous for his portfolio of 20 limited edition lithographs, based on his original watercolors, and published in Milan as The Birds of Mount Desert Island (1934-36). In addition, he co-authored and contributed 12 line drawings to the field guide Birds of Mt. Desert Island Acadia National Park, Maine (1941). Tyson also co-organized a landmark exhibition of European avant-garde artists in the 1920 at the PAFA, which helped introduce artists such as Cezanne, Gauguin, Picasso and Matisse to the American public.
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"Carroll Sargent Tyson, Jr." Askart.com. 2000-2011. http://www.askart.com/AskART/artists/biography.aspx?searchtype=BIO&artist=20619 (18 March 2011).
Falk, Peter Hastings, ed. Who Was Who in American Art. Madison, Connecticut: Sound View Press, 1985. p. 636.
"History and Timeline." Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. 2002-2011. http://www.pafa.org/Museum/Research-Archives/History-and-Timeline/59/ (18 March 2011).
"Institutional Archives, Exhibition History - 1930-1939." Delaware Art Museum. 2011. http://www.delart.org/collections/HFS_library/inst_archives/exhibition_history_1930s.html (18 March 2011).