Mt. Fairweather from the Northwest, painted by Frederick Dellenbaugh in 1899. In his Rufous Hummingbird, he draws our attention to this tiny species by eliminating the background entirely. Rufous Hummingbird, painted by Louis Agassiz Fuertes in 1899. In a very different style, Kesler Woodward, a Fairbanks resident and one of the artists traveling with the 2000 Expedition, shows us the vivid colors found in a stand of birch trees during the brief autumn in the arctic. In a way, this modern work represents not only what Woodward sees in nature, but also what he has learned from looking at the work of other artists.
Art is as much about other art as it is about observation.
Woods at Creamers, by Kesler Woodward, 1996. Click image for a larger view Photography Photography, first introduced in North America in 1840, was, by 1899, a developing form that was seen as part art, part journalism. Columbia Glacier Columbia Glacier, photographed from Heather Island by Edward Curtis in 1899. The day was bright, clear and glorious, not a cloud to be seen, except a little one hanging on the flank of Fairweather. From the diary of Frederick Dellenbaugh, an entry dated June 11, 1899.