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Archibald Thorburn is known for his detailed depictions of wild birds. Occasionally he also painted other animals, but mostly the bird life of Scotland. Thorburn also captured the wild and romantic landscape in which these animals live in his masterly watercolour paintings. The works were created in different seasons, very often in autumn and winter. But even when only a section, such as blades of grass, branches or part of a body of water are visible in the picture, the season can be recognised from the colours. Thorborn's technique consisted of sketching the animals in nature and then, in the studio, colouring them. The colours are sometimes very strong, the lines fine. This is remarkable because Thorburn used watercolours. The mastery with which the pictures were painted was recognised - even as a young man Archibald Thorburn was allowed to exhibit at the British Royal Academy.
Thorburn was born in Scotland and there he often went out into nature to observe and paint birds. His role model and teacher was the illustrator Joseph Wolf, who accompanied naturalists on their expeditions to draw animals. Thus Archibald Thorburn also specialized in the depiction of animals. He illustrated several books about the British bird world, which is how most of his works were created. Thorburn himself also published books on the animal world of Britain, some of them together with the ornithologist, bird painter and writer John Guille Millais. Thorburn wrote some of his books alone, wrote the text and designed the pictures. In this way, he also created works about the wild mammals of Great Britain. He also illustrated books about hunting and fishing. However, birds dominated Thorburn's work and were his main area of interest. He was also involved in the British Society for the Protection of Birds, and was even its deputy president for several years.
To this day Archibald Thorburn is a role model for artists who deal with the representation of wild birds. This is no wonder, since Thorburn was not only a master in his field, but also a kind of pioneer in the art scene. During his lifetime, animal motifs were not particularly popular among artists. Until then, animals were mainly drawn with ink for natural history books, the illustrations were more for information than to please the eye. Archibald Thorburn combined both in touching pictures and informative books.
Archibald Thorburn is known for his detailed depictions of wild birds. Occasionally he also painted other animals, but mostly the bird life of Scotland. Thorburn also captured the wild and romantic landscape in which these animals live in his masterly watercolour paintings. The works were created in different seasons, very often in autumn and winter. But even when only a section, such as blades of grass, branches or part of a body of water are visible in the picture, the season can be recognised from the colours. Thorborn's technique consisted of sketching the animals in nature and then, in the studio, colouring them. The colours are sometimes very strong, the lines fine. This is remarkable because Thorburn used watercolours. The mastery with which the pictures were painted was recognised - even as a young man Archibald Thorburn was allowed to exhibit at the British Royal Academy.
Thorburn was born in Scotland and there he often went out into nature to observe and paint birds. His role model and teacher was the illustrator Joseph Wolf, who accompanied naturalists on their expeditions to draw animals. Thus Archibald Thorburn also specialized in the depiction of animals. He illustrated several books about the British bird world, which is how most of his works were created. Thorburn himself also published books on the animal world of Britain, some of them together with the ornithologist, bird painter and writer John Guille Millais. Thorburn wrote some of his books alone, wrote the text and designed the pictures. In this way, he also created works about the wild mammals of Great Britain. He also illustrated books about hunting and fishing. However, birds dominated Thorburn's work and were his main area of interest. He was also involved in the British Society for the Protection of Birds, and was even its deputy president for several years.
To this day Archibald Thorburn is a role model for artists who deal with the representation of wild birds. This is no wonder, since Thorburn was not only a master in his field, but also a kind of pioneer in the art scene. During his lifetime, animal motifs were not particularly popular among artists. Until then, animals were mainly drawn with ink for natural history books, the illustrations were more for information than to please the eye. Archibald Thorburn combined both in touching pictures and informative books.
.jpg "Partridges in Early Morning, 1910 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Common Shrew, Lesser Shrew & Water Shrew, from Thorburn")
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.jpg "Common Hare by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Hoopoes by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "A Woodcock and Chicks by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Park Cattle by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Badger, pub. by Book Club Associates by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Turnstone, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Killer, Pilot Whale by Archibald Thorburn")
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_Irish_Hare_-_(MeisterDrucke-659225).jpg "Mountain Hare (Autumn), Irish Hare by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Sporting Subjects, Woodcock Dropping into Cover by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Stoat, Weasel, Badger and Mole by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Long Tailed Duck by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Tufted Duck by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Black Tailed Godwit, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Woodcock in the Undergrowth by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Barnacle Goose by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Common Rorqual, Sibbald")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-180107).jpg "Barn Owl, 1916 by Archibald Thorburn")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-152810).jpg "Red Grouse on the Moor by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Chinese Ring-necked Pheasants in the Snow by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Christmas Visitors, Fieldfares by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Wigeon by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Lapwing, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "A Woodcock and Chick in Undergrowth by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Snipe, 1923 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Sooty Shearwater by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Snow Goose by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Shoveller by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "White-beaked Dolphin, Bottle-nosed Dolphin, Common Dolphin by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "A Hooded Crow and a Carrion Crow by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Ruffs and Reeves, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Red Necked Grebe by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "King Eider by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Leach")
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.jpg "Fulmar by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Whooper Swan by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Sheld Duck by Archibald Thorburn")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-147767).jpg "Three English Partridges, 1910 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Jack Snipe, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Eggs: Woodcock; Snipe, Stone Curlew, Redshank, Common Sandpiper, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Shag by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "White Whale, Narwhal by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Pochard by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Spotted Redshank, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Teal by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Manx Shearwater by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Stock Dove, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Great Shearwater by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Great Bustard, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Stone Curlew, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Scaup by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Little Egret, Buff Backed Heron, Common Heron, Purple Heron, Great White Heron by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Red Breasted Snipe, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Velvet Scoter by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Smew by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Bottle Nosed Whale and Sperm Whale, from Thorburn")
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.jpg "Purple Sandpiper, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1210081).jpg "Magpie on a Branch by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Ruddy Sheld Duck by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Bean Goose by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Bewick")
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.jpg "Little Grebe by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Eider by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Ptarmigan by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Atlantic Right Whale, Humpbacked Whale by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Common Seal, from Thorburn")
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.jpg "Mobbing a Wood-Owl by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Brent Goose by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Dotterell, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Pallass Sand Grouse, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Pectoral Sandpiper, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Wood Sandpiper, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Field Vole, Bank Vole and Orkney Vole, from Thorburn")
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_from_Birds_of_the_British_Isles_and_Their_Egg_-_(MeisterDrucke-382318).jpg "Grey Phalarope (summer and autumn), from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Falcon on the Watch by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Common Sandpiper, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Great Northern Diver by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Roe Deer by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "The Haunt of the Bittern by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Cormorant by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Grey Plover, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Lesser Horseshoe Bat and Greater Horseshoe Bat, from Thorburn")
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.jpg "Curlew Sandpiper, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Cream Coloured Courser, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "The Stoat, from Thorburn")
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.jpg "Woodcock by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Temmincks Stint, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Lesser Rorqual, Rudolphis Rorqual, Bottle-nosed Whale by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-964077).jpg "Whiskered bat, c.1915 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Wild Cattle, Cadzow by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Terns, a Sheltered Corner by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Grouse in Flight by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "A Hungry Raven by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Spoonbill, Flamingo and Stork, c.1915 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Ringed Seal, Harp Seal by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1010405).jpg "Woodcock, c.1915 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Blackgame in Winter by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "A Crested Lark, British Birds by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Hobby, Merlin, Red Footed Falcon, Lesser Kestrel and Kestrel by Archibald Thorburn")
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