Posts Tagged ‘naturalist’

Naturalist David Bellamy Said BBC Froze Him Out Because He Didn’t Believe In Global Warming

David James Bellamy OBE was an English botanist, television presenter, author, and environmental campaigner who died in 2019 at the age of 86. Before his death, Professor Bellamy, who had become a household name as a TV personality, claimed that BBC ‘stopped giving him work’ after he dismissed man-made global warming as ‘poppycock’ in 2004. […]

“Primitive” Paintings by Naturalist Anna Ancher

Anna Ancher (1859 – 1935) is one of Denmark’s most celebrated pictorial artists, but she is relatively unknown internationally. She was born in the small fishing village of Skagen, where an artist colony came to form, though she was the only artist born there. Her style, which was not always highly detailed and polished like academic […]

Popular Salon Paintings by Naturalist Émile Friant

Émile Friant (1863 – 1932) was a French artist, born in the eastern part of France, but forced to flee to Nancy at an early age by the advance of Prussian soldiers. Although he was born to parents of modest means, he was lucky to have “second parents” who helped fund his training. Due to […]

Powered by WordPress | Designed by: Premium WordPress Themes | Thanks to Themes Gallery, Bromoney and Wordpress Themes