Matte Paper Framed Poster With Mat Size:21×30 cm sketchlike finish of this work

sketchlike finish of this work is characteristic of Millet's late style: patches of the dark lilac-pink ground color are deliberately exposed

Artist: Mather Brown (American

is very probably the author of this picture

and attracted a number of imitators

Matte Paper Framed Poster With Mat Size:21×30 cm sketchlike finish of this workAbout the Art: Last seen in 1944 and thought to be extinct, the ivory billed woodpecker has recently been sighted several times in a national wildlife refuge in Arkansas. Here depicted life size, the ivory bill is the largest of its genus in North America; Audubon referred to it as "this great chieftain of the woodpecker tribe," and it was also dubbed "the Lord God bird," for the exclamation it elicited from those who saw it. Audubon made his