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Nature in Art: Art in Nature

Nature in Art: Art in Nature

Kate Meyer, curator

https://spencerartapps.ku.edu/spencer-projects/3333

This collaboration between the Spencer Museum of Art and KU Libraries highlights art inspired by nature found in our collections. By projecting these images outdoors, the art returns to the locale that inspired its creation.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Clarenca Bradford Kimble, Tulip Tree quilt

Itō Sōzan (1884–?), Bird on maple branch

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), Platycodon and Summer Grass

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), Bird on Flowering Sazanka

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), Swallow on Crab-apple Branch

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), Bird on Mallow

Mary M. Stayman, Leaf quilt top

Rose Frances Good Kretsinger (1886–1963), Paradise Garden quilt, or The Garden quilt

Christina Hays Malcom (1820–1878), Sunflower quilt

Karl Kröner (1887–1972), Waldflechte (Forest Lichens)

Mary Ann Seeling Kile Elliot (1831–1915), Princess Feather quilt

William Seltzer Rice (1873–1963), Bert's Iris

Nakamura Daizaburō (1898–1947), Woman Seated by a Stream

Anna Atkins (1799–1871), Robinia pseudo-acacia (America)

Tony Fitzpatrick (born 1958); Big Cat Press, Cicada

Susan Davidoff (born 1953); Lawrence Lithography Workshop (active 2001–present), Regiones Botánicas de la Tierra: Antillas No. 1

Susan Davidoff (born 1953); Lawrence Lithography Workshop (active 2001–present), Regiones Botánicas de la Tierra: Antillas No. 2

Karl Blossfeldt (1865–1932), Aspidium Filix Mas. Wurmfarn

Karl Blossfeldt (1865–1932), Papaver Mohn

William Sharp (1803–1875); John Fisk Allen (1785–1865), untitled (intermediate stages of bloom)

Ohara Shōson (1877–1945), Two birds on wisteria branch

embroidered tablecloth

unrecorded Guna artist, mola

Kenojuak Ashevak (1927–2013), Rabbit Eating Seaweed II

unrecorded Diné (Navajo) artist, pictorial rug with birds and flowers

Matthew Baker (born 1953), Raven

William Matthew Hart (1830–1908), Drawing depicting: Ducula rubricera — Red-knobbed Imperial Pigeon.

Henry Constantine Richter (1821–1902); John Gould (1804–1881), Crimson Rosella

Henry Constantine Richter (1821–1902); John Gould (1804–1881), Vombatus ursinus -- Coarse-haired wombat, Common Wombat.

William Matthew Hart (1830–1908), Hydrornis nipalensis

Henry Constantine Richter (1821–1902); Joseph Wolf (1820–1899), Bubo scandiacus -- harfang des neiges; Snowy Owl.

Henry Constantine Richter (1821–1902); John Gould (1804–1881), Macropus fuliginosus (Desmarest, 1817) -- Western Grey Kangaroo.

William Matthew Hart (1830–1908); John Gould (1804–1881), Actenoides hombroni -- Hombron's Kingfisher.

Johannes Gerardus Keulemans (1842–1912); William Matthew Hart (1830–1908), Amblyornis flavifrons & Amblyornis inornatus

Craig C. Freeman (active late 1900s), Dalea jamesii

Craig C. Freeman (active late 1900s), Rudbeckia, Black eyed Susans

Kondō Ariyoshi (active circa 1830–1850), untitled (sunflower and bird)

Kondō Ariyoshi (active circa 1830–1850), Autumn chrysanthemums

Iwasaki Tsunemasa (1786–1842), Red bananas

D. D. Tyler (born 1947), untitled (drawing for cover of “Bears in the Wild”)

E. A. Séguy (1877–1951), Plate 2

E. A. Séguy (1877–1951), Plate 18

E. A. Séguy (1877–1951), Plate 6

E. A. Séguy (1877–1951), Plate 20

E. A. Séguy (1877–1951), Plate 16

E. A. Séguy (1877–1951), Plate 4

E. A. Séguy (1877–1951), Plate 17

E. A. Séguy (1877–1951), Plate 19

E. A. Séguy (1877–1951), Plate 11

E. A. Séguy (1877–1951), Plate 20

Events

June 25, 2020

Activity

Nature in Art: Art in Nature

9:00–10:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art

July 2, 2020

Activity

Nature in Art: Art in Nature

9:00–10:00PM

Watson Library, 1425 Jayhawk Blvd