#charley harper

[nobrashfestivity]

Charley Harper, Darwin's Finches, from The Giant Golden Book of Biology, 1961

#charley harper #darwin's finches #books #Illustration #vintage illustration

[hitku]

by Charley Harper

#art #print #charley harper

[antediluvianechoes]

Passenger pigeon, Charley Harper

Do living things know when the end is coming? Do they see the oncoming failure and accept it with a morose indifference? Is extinction an option or an inevitability? Can behaviors be curtailed to prevent it, or is every new existence just one life closer to the closing of the book?

#passenger pigeon #charley harper #anthropocene #pleistocene

[charleyharperid]

Flamingo

Bullock's oriole (updated 20 Jul '23)

Victoria Crowned Pigeon

Sunbittern

Little auk? (updated 20 Jul '23)

Red-headed barbet?

Scarlet-rumped Tanager

Green broadbill

Violet-backed starling

Great Hornbill

Blue-and-yellow Macaw

Southern Carmine Bee-eater

Atlantic Puffin

Barn Owl

Grey-crowned Crane

Flying Fox (bat)

Epaulet oriole?

Red admiral (butterfly)

Kiwi

Gouldian Finch

Humboldt Penguin

Rufous treepie?

Scarlet Ibis

Woodland kingfisher

Roseate Spoonbill

Green magpie

Buff-bellied hummingbird

Green parrot finch

#charley harper #wings of the world #birds #species identification #suggest corrections in the ask box #questions marks indicate low confidence IDs #this isn't exactly photorealistic y'all

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #WorldReefDay:

Charley Harper (American, 1922-2007), The Coral Reef, 1979. Virgin Islands, Biscayne & Dry Tortugas National Parks & Buck Island Reef & Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monuments. One of a series of posters made for the National Park Service:

#animals in art #American art #graphic design #poster #coral reef #national park #National Park Service #Charley Harper #20th century art #1970s #animal holiday #World Reef Day

[cannedpoo]

Charley Harper

#Charley Harper

[lisamarie-vee]

#charley harper #illustration #graphic design #printmaking #1970s

[thekimdelacreme]

#art #charley harper #raccoon #watermelon

[holespoles]

Charley Harper, Limp on a Limb into a new week

#Charley Harper #illlustration

[ageofinvincibility]

Why take off when you can taxi like the roadrunner? He’s the fastest run in the West, but the collared lizard’s got the drop on him—dropped his tail to save his neck. More comical than a caricature of himself, the lizard lovin’ roadrunner is a regular cactus-country cutup, a zany zygodactyl, and a desert dragster, a kooky cuckoo clocked at 15mph. The lizard? His throwaway tail will soon grow back, different maybe, but better’n no tail t’all. –Charley Harper

#charley harper #illustrator #artist #road runner #saguaro #cactus #western art #released 1974 #serigraph print

[hitku]

by Charley Harper

#art #illustration #charley harper

[antiqueanimals]

Illustration from “When the Buzzards Come Back to Hinkley” Ford Times, March, 1964, © Ford Motor Company. Illustration by Charley Harper.

#birds #raptors #vultures #turkey vultures #Charley Harper

[coltonwbrown]

Pelican in a Downpour Charley Harper

Source

#charley harper #rain #waterfowl

[charleyharperid]

Giant Malaysian leaf insect

Carpenter ant?

Royal Goliath beetle

Blue Dasher

Polyphemus moth

Goliath stick insect

Two-spot lady bird

Harlequin ladybird

Rhetenor blue morph butterfly

Monarch butterfly chrysalis

Colorado potato beetle?

Luna moth caterpillar?

Some kind of katydid?

#charley harper #insect world #insect biodiversity #animal identification #idk folks it's hard to ID a brown ant #insects: not my strong suit

[arthistoryanimalia]

Charley Harper was born #OTD (4 August 1922 – 10 June 2007), so here’s one of his images that’s perfect for transitioning from #FrogFriday into #Baturday:

Bat, Bullfrog, and Bonfire (glow-in-the-dark lithograph)

“This artwork comes from an illustration Charley originally did for the Ford Times magazine in May 1968, about a canoe trip down the South Fork of the Cumberland River in Kentucky.”

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“Eye of newt, and toe of frog,

Wool of bat, and tongue of dog…

Double, double toil and trouble;

Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.”

“One of these campers might be scaring the others with these lines from Shakespeare recalled from high school. Another might go for the tale of the ancient Indian chief whose spirit was said to haunt the night. At any rate, it’s doubtful the wildlife give a hoot. (Well, maybe a hoot or two!) The bat and bullfrog go about their business, both nocturnal creatures, bat hunting and bullfrog mating, revelling in the darkness. On the other hand, the creeped-out campers seem to huddle ever closer to the embers and each other, delighting in scary tales and s’mores.”

(description by the artist)

#Charley Harper #OTD #birthday post #animals in art #frog #bullfrog #bat #Frog Friday #lithograph #print #glow in the dark #modern art #graphic design #American art #20th century art

[fashionbooksmilano]

Wild Life

The Life and Work of Charley Harper

Editors :  gestalten, Charley Harper Art Studio & Margaret Rhodes

Die Gestalten Verlag, Berlin 2022, 336 pages, hardcover,  24,5 x 33 cm, ISBN  978-3-96704-046-3

euro 79,00

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Celebrating the centenary and legacy of Charley Harper, a master of mid-century American illustration. Ladybugs, dogs, owls, otters: Charley Harper’s geometric illustrations are more than a source of delight. With a never-ending curiosity for the natural world, especially for wildlife and flora, Harper developed a unique style that influenced generations of artists and designers.Wild Life celebrates the centenary and legacy of Charley Harper, a master of midcentury American illustration: a vast collection of works originally created as posters, magazine covers, murals, and more. Compiled by design writer Margaret Rhodes and the artist’s son, Brett Harper, this definitive monograph offers a glimpse into Harper’s creative universe and considers him anew in different contexts: as a student, a professional artist, a husband, an honorary naturalist, and a conservationist.Telling the story of his life and of his masterpieces, Wild Life is essential for enthusiasts of the American master and for anyone interested in midcentury visual culture.

01/10/22

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#Charley Harper #American illustration #posters #magazine covers #murals #midcentury visual culture #wildlife and flora illustrations #fashionbooksmilano