Fish, Flowers & Flying Things: Nature at the Spencer
Exhibition
Exhibition Overview
Fish, Flowers & Flying Things: Nature at the Spencer
Joseph W. Lampo, curator
Kress Gallery, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
This exhibition was organized in conjunction with the annual conference of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators held in Lawrence August 4-9, 2002. The exhibition presents renderings of natural subjects: plants, mammals, fish, birds, insects, and reptiles and amphibians, in many media by American, European, and Asian artists from the 16th century to the present. Decorative arts objects as well as paintings, prints, and sculpture provide a varied look at the way flora and fauna have been depicted, at times in imaginative or fantastic ways. Many of the objects, such as a Chinese silk robe precisely painted with biologically accurate varieties of butterflies and Alan Tolkanson’s large cottonwood limestone abstract sculpture, are seldom on view.
Exhibition images
Works of art
1541, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Qing Dynasty (1644–1911)
late 1500s
mid 1800s
late 1600s, Kangxi period (1662–1722), Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
late 1800s–early 1900s, Meiji period (1868–1912) or Taisho period (1912–1926)
1840s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Meiji period (1868–1912)
Ghent-Bruges School
circa 1500–1510
late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
early 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Edo period (1600–1868)
Edo period (1600–1868)
1800s, Edo period (1600–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)
late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
after 1750, Edo period (1600–1868)
Edo period (1600–1868)
Edo period (1600–1868)
1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Edo period (1600–1868)
Edo period (1600–1868)
1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Yüan dynasty (1279–1368)
1000s–1100s, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
1800s
1700s, Edo period (1600–1868)
1800s
Edo period (1600–1868)
1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
1600s
1600s
1600s
1600s
1600s
1600s
1600s
1600s
1600s
1600s
1600s
1600s
circa 1750–1880, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
1850–1875, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
1800–1895, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
date unknown
date unknown
1880–1895, Meiji period (1868–1912)
circa 1775, Edo period (1600–1868)
circa 1770–1780
1500s–1700s
Ishiguro Masakatsu (active 1800s)
1850s, Edo period (1600–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)
Tsu Jinpo (1720–1761)
Edo period (1600–1868)
Edo period (1600–1868)
1700s, Edo period (1600–1868)
late 1200s–1300s, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
late 1700s–early 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
1800s
early 1700s, Yongzheng period (1723–1735), Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
early 1700s, Yongzheng period (1723–1735), Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Rongqing (active late 1800s)
late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Akira
date unknown
Anna Atkins (1799–1871)
circa 1851–1854
Ōdō Ayasono (active mid 1800s)
mid 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Belleek Pottery Works Company Ltd (founded 1884)
circa 1890
Abraham van Beyeren (1620 or 1621–1690)
circa 1649
Bi Rongjiu (active late 1800s)
1890–1920, Qing dynasty (1644–1911) to Republic of China (1911–1949)
circa 1926–1928
circa 1926–1930
circa 1926–1930
circa 1926–1930
circa 1926–1930
circa 1926–1930
circa 1926–1930
circa 1926–1930
circa 1926–1930
Boston & Sandwich Glass Company (active 1825–1888)
circa 1845–1870
Léon Brard (1830–1902); Bernard Palissy and Workshop (active circa 1510–1590)
circa 1865–1895
1924
William Theophilus Brown (1919–2012)
1964
1810, Edo period (1600–1868)
1987
1981
1920
Currier & Ives (active 1834–1907)
1871
Currier & Ives (active 1834–1907)
1871
1960s
mid-late 1900s
1995
2000
2001
2001
Albert Flamen (circa 1620–after 1693)
mid 1600s
Walton Ford (born 1960)
1998
Waylande Desantis Gregory (1905–1971)
circa 1940
circa 1890
Han Tianheng (born 1940)
mid-late 1900s
1700s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Tetsugendō Naofusa (active 1700s)
1700s, Edo period (1600–1868)
early 1830s, Edo period (1600–1868)
1840–1842, Edo period (1600–1868)
circa 1820, Edo period (1600–1868)
James Holmes (born 1950)
1989
Charles-Louis-M. Houdard (1874–1965)
1895
circa 1926–1930
Karl Jutz (1838–1916)
late 1800s
Kajikawa Family (active 1700s)
1700s, Edo period (1600–1868)
early 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
early 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Ogata Kenzan (1663–1743)
circa 1700s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Karl Kröner (1887–1972)
1906
陸放 Lu Fang (born 1932)
1986
Christian Gottlieb Ludwig (1709–1773)
1760
Shiomi Masanari (1647–1722)
early 1700s
1991
1800s, Edo period (1600–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)
1918
Bernard Palissy and Workshop (active circa 1510–1590)
circa 1570–1590
Olivia Parker (born 1941)
1980
1941–1942
Qi Baishi (1864–1957)
1948, Republic of China (1911–1949)
Qi Liangyi (1923–1988)
mid 1900s
Rookwood Pottery (active 1880–1967); Amelia Browne Sprague (1870–1951)
1900
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Factory (1775–present)
1958
1972
Okamoto Shūki (1807–1862)
early 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Ueno Setsugaku (1800s)
1862, Edo period (1600–1868)
1826, Edo period (1600–1868)
mid 1700s, Edo period (1600–1868)
1973
Jon Stahl
1968
1966
circa 1964–1965
circa 1964–1965
1905–1910
late 1600s–early 1700s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Deme Uman (active 1772–1780)
circa 1772–1780, Edo period (1600–1868)
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd. (founded 1759)
circa 1769–1795
R. & W. Wilson (circa 1840)
circa 1840
Pieter Withoos (1654–1693)
circa 1680
1947, Republic of China (1911–1949)
1880, Meiji period (1868–1912)
1891, Meiji period (1868–1912)
1938, Republic of China (1911–1949)