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THBLouis Agassiz Fuertes (1874-1927)
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Hingham, MA 02043
United States
Copley Fine Art Auctions is the world's leading American sporting art auction company. Located in Hingham, MA, Copley specializes in antique decoys and 19th- and 20th-century American, sporting, and wildlife paintings. Principal Stephen O'Brien Jr., a fourth-generation sportsman with a refined colle...Read more
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LiveFeb 12, 2015 - Feb 13, 2015
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Black-Headed Ducks at Waters Edge
signed "Louis Agassiz Fuertes" lower right
watercolor, 9 3/8 by 12 in.
Louis Agassiz Fuertes was named after the famous Harvard professor Louis Agassiz by his father, himself a professor at Cornell. Though he studied architecture at Cornell, the words of his namesake “Study nature, not books,” prevailed and Fuertes went on to become one of the preeminent American bird artists of all time. The artist was noted for his early talent and eye for detail, joining the American Ornithologists’ Union at the age of seventeen. Through this important group he met ornithologist Elliot Coues, who promoted his work and commissioned the artist to illustrate his 1903 book, "Key to North America Birds."Along with Frank W. Benson, Fuertes provided illustrations for John C. Phillips’ "A Natural History of the Ducks," published from 1922-1926. He also painted his stunning bird portraits for Edward Howe Forbush’s "Birds of Massachusetts and Other New England States," published between 1925-1929. His works can be found in the Cornell University collection and Chicago’s Field Museum among others, and he has two species of birds named after him: Icterus fuertesi and Hapalopsittaca fuertesi.
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