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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 "Hoopoes by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Common Hare by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "A Woodcock and Chicks by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Badger, pub. by Book Club Associates by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Park Cattle by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Common Shrew, Lesser Shrew & Water Shrew, from Thorburn")
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.jpg "Tufted Duck 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 "Ruffs and Reeves, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs 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 "Long Tailed Duck by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Stoat, Weasel, Badger and Mole by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Common Rorqual, Sibbald")
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.jpg "Sporting Subjects, Woodcock Dropping into Cover 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 "Killer, Pilot Whale 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 "Woodcock in the Undergrowth by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Rabbit, from Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-938805).jpg "Golden Eagle, c.1915 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Three small vignettes of peregrine falcon and 2 other birds of prey, c.1915 by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1495626).jpg "Goshawk by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Rabbit by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Grey Seal by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Frozen Out - Fishers: Kingfisher and Heron in a Winter Landscape by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1506373).jpg "Buff-Backed Heron, Great White Heron, Little Egret by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Purple Sandpiper, 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1010403).jpg "Black Rat and Orkney Vole, c.1915 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Ptarmigan by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Three colour sketches of male peregrine, c.1915 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Chinese Ring-necked Pheasants in the Snow by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Pochard 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 "Red Breasted Snipe, from Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs by Archibald Thorburn")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-180107).jpg "Barn Owl, 1916 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Weasel, from Thorburn")
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.jpg "Hare by Archibald Thorburn")
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_Irish_Stoat_(colour_litho)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1019341).jpg "Stoat (summer), Irish Stoat by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "The Common Hare, from Thorburn")
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.jpg "Snipe, 1923 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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 - (MeisterDrucke-147767).jpg "Three English Partridges, 1910 by Archibald Thorburn")
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_Black-Headed_Gull_(winter)_(colour_litho)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1485283).jpg "Common Gull (adult and young), Black-Headed Gull (winter) by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Albatross, Petrels, Shearwater, Fulmar, c.1915 by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Long Eared Owl, Barn Owl, Tawny Owl, Short Eared Owl by Archibald Thorburn")
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_(colour_litho)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1482946).jpg "Gannet (adult and immature) by Archibald 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 "Cormorant by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1496045).jpg "Squacco Heron, Night Heron, Little Bittern by Archibald Thorburn")
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_(colour_litho)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1485337).jpg "Hawfinch, Linnet (male and female) by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Common Seal, from Thorburn")
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_(colour_litho)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1485282).jpg "Great Black-Backed Gull (adult and young) 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 "Peregrine Falcon Studies 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 "Lesser Rorqual, Rudolphis Rorqual, Bottle-nosed Whale by Archibald Thorburn")
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_Goosander_(male_and_female)_(colour_litho)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1503310).jpg "Smew (male and female), Goosander (male and female) by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Manx Shearwater by Archibald Thorburn")
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_(colour_litho)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1505319).jpg "Nightjar, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Male and Female) by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Lapwings by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-938796).jpg "Herons and Egret, c.1915 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1504564).jpg "Whooper Swan 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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_(colour_litho)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1505081).jpg "Red Grouse (male and female) by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Great Northern Diver by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "The Mountain Hare in winter, from Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1508989).jpg "Tree-Pipit, Meadow-Pipit by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Guillemots, razorbill, puffin and auks, c.1915 by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1496046).jpg "Hoopoe by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1506064).jpg "White Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Pied Wagtail by Archibald Thorburn")
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_(colour_litho)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1505657).jpg "Black Grouse (male and female) by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Red Grouse by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Scaup by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Sooty Shearwater by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Yellow Necked Mouse and St Kilda Woodmouse, from Thorburn")
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.jpg "Bottle Nosed Whale and Sperm Whale, from Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1496017).jpg "White-Spotted Bluethroat, Black Redstart by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1508859).jpg "Rook, Jackdaw by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "A Kingfisher Amongst Reeds in Winter by Archibald Thorburn")
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_Scaup-Duck_(male_and_female)_(colour_litho)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1496040).jpg "Long-Tailed Duck (male and female), Scaup-Duck (male and female) by Archibald Thorburn")
_Scaup-Duck_(male_and_female)_(colour_litho)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1496040).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1508350).jpg "Sand-Martin, Swallow, Martin by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1509973).jpg "Swift, Alpine Swift by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1507581).jpg "Mistle-Thrush, Song-Thrush by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Brent Goose by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Sporting Subjects, Through the Deep Drift by Archibald Thorburn")
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_(colour_litho)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1508772).jpg "Land-Rail, Quail (Male and Female) by Archibald Thorburn")
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_Black-Throated_Wheatear_Desert-Wheatear_(colour_l_-_(MeisterDrucke-1500480).jpg "Eastern Pied Wheatear (female), Black-Throated Wheatear, Desert-Wheatear by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Mistle Thrush, Black Throated Thrush, Song Thrush, Fieldfare, Redwing by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Teal by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1503813).jpg "Dipper, Grey Wagtail by Archibald Thorburn")
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_(colour_litho)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1508596).jpg "Brambling, Chaffinch (Male and Female) by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1505591).jpg "Raven by Archibald Thorburn")
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.jpg "Sporting Subjects, a Drive 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 "Fulmar by Archibald Thorburn")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1496051).jpg "Red-Breasted Flycatcher, Golden Oriole by Archibald 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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