Baby bird portraits
By: by George Miksch Sutton ; Watercolors in the Field Museum / by Paul A. Johnsgard ; foreword by Benjamin W. Williams and William R. Johnson.
Contributors: Johnsgard, Paul A.; Field Museum of Natural History.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 81
Subjects: Sutton, George Miksch, 1898-  -- Catalogs; Field Museum of Natural History -- Catalogs; Birds in art -- Catalogs; Watercolor painting -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Catalogs
Description: George Miksch Sutton is one of the best known and most beloved bird artists of the twentieth century. This book presents thirty-five paintings of downy chicks, nestlings, and fledglings painted from life by Sutton. The exquisite water-colors, housed in the Field Museum of Natural History, span three decades and depict nineteen species of North American birds. Many of the paintings are reproduced here for the first time.

In his introduction to the collection, ornithologist Paul Johnsgard discusses Sutton's contributions to bird art and to ornithology. And in essays accompanying the paintings, Johnsgard describes his and Sutton's personal encounters with the birds.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.