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Roger Tory Peterson

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Roger Tory Peterson (1908 - 1996) was active/lived in Connecticut.  Roger Peterson is known for Bird portraiture painting, identification.

Artist and naturalist Roger Tory Peterson, initially famous for his 1934 field guide to the study of birds, was born of Swedish immigrant, working-class parents in 1908 in rural Jamestown, in upstate New York. As a boy, apparently imbued with a passion present from birth, he observed and sketched the abundant birds of wood and field. He also read about Audubon, Lear, Durer and Fuertes, artists who painted nature. His interest in birds was also guided by his seventh grade teacher, Blanche Hornbeck, who had started a Junior Audubon Club. Peterson has said, " I can't remember a time when I didn't watch birds"

Peterson later studied commercial art at the Art Students League and National Academy of Design in New York City. As a young man, after his schooling, he taught art and science in Massachusetts, where he created his unique system for identifying birds in the field. He later developed and published more than fifty other guides on subjects as diverse as mushrooms, clouds, fish,   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4510 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Roger Tory Peterson

   Publications  Book References:  18
Magazine References:  3

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3 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Roger Tory Peterson
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Wildlife Art Field Notes April 1998 Editors, Wildlife Art Yes
Wildlife Art A Timeline of Masters February 1998 Abbett, Robert K Yes
Wildlife Art Field Notes December 1996 Editors, Wildlife Art Yes
18 Book References for Roger Tory Peterson
Year Author Title Pages Color
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 Carter, Alice A The Art of National Geographic 0 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Steiner, Raymond J The Art Students League of New York: A History (Students) 187 No
1998 Hammond, Nicholas Modern Wildlife Painting 240 Yes
1993 Southwest Art Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art 64 No
1992 Peterson, Roger Tory (Foreward) Art and the Animal, The Society of Animal Artists
(Exhibition catalog)		 120 Yes
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1987 Hume, Christopher (editor-in-chief) From the Wild Portfolios of North America's Finest Wildlife Artists 192 Yes
1986 Hammond, Nicholas Twentieth Century Wildlife Artists 224 Yes
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 Krantz, Les American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans 347 Yes
1982 Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Mus 1982 Bird Art Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)		 88 Yes
1982 Samuels, Peggy and Harold Contemporary Western Artists 608 Yes
1982 Van Gelder, Patricia Wildlife Artists at Work 175 Yes
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
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