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Mid Century French Illustration Sketches Of Different Colorful Birds
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bird Sketches by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed pastel/watercolor on paper, unframed
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Retro Bird Illustration

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Oil Pastel, Watercolor

"Bird Feeds Snake, " Whimsical Children's Book Illustration by Blanchard, 1960s
By Robert Blanchard
Located in Philadelphia, PA
scene: bird and snake as best friends, the tall, fuzzy bird feeding a berry to the green, red-tongued
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Bird Illustration

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Paint

Original Painting Life Mag Published 1955 Birds Animals Illustration Mid Century
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting Life Mag Published 1953 Birds Animals Illustration Mid Century Antonio
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1950s American Realist Retro Bird Illustration

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Gouache, Board

Leonard Baskin Watercolor Ink Illustration Painting Darkened Man, Nude with Bird
By Leonard Baskin
Located in Surfside, FL
Leonard Baskin (American, 1922-2000) ink and gouache drawing on paper titled "Darkened Man", signed lower right, circa 1957. Provenance: Grace Borgenicht gallery, Jeffrey M. Kaplan...
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1950s Modern Retro Bird Illustration

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India Ink, Watercolor

Birds
By David Gerstein
Located in Buffalo, NY
children books and was recipient of the Israel Museum Prize for illustration. Gerstein's post-pop art
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1990s Pop Art Retro Bird Illustration

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Oil, Wood

Retro Birds
H 50 in W 65 in D 5 in
Eastern Wild Turkey /// Ornithology Bird Wildlife Contemporary Painting Animal
By Ron Louque
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
right Year: 1976 Medium: Original Gouache/Watercolor Painting on Illustration Board Board size: 30" x 40
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1970s Contemporary Retro Bird Illustration

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Gouache, Board, Paint, Watercolor, Illustration Board

Ilonka Karasz Original New Yorker Cover Illustration, July 18, 1964
By Ilonka Karasz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
cover illustrations for the New Yorker, and the only one currently on the market. Looking closely at
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1960s American Modern Retro Bird Illustration

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Paint

Fougasse animal welfare rabbit label lithograph
By Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird)
Located in London, GB
". Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird, 1887 - 1965) 'When we plan our new world, let's give a thought to animals too
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Mid-20th Century Modern Retro Bird Illustration

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Lithograph

Untitled (Conference of the Birds)
By Beatriz Vidal
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Beatriz Vidal, 'Untitled (Conference of the Birds)', gouache and watercolor, 1998. Signed and dated
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1990s Contemporary Retro Bird Illustration

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Gouache, Watercolor

Language of the Birds - Woodcut - 1963
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
Language of the Birds - The Divine Comedy is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series
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1960s Surrealist Retro Bird Illustration

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Woodcut

Similar to birds - XX Century, Abstract Etching Print, Organic Shapes
By Irena Snarska
Located in Warsaw, PL
book illustration of prof. Jan Marcin Szancer. Since 1972, she was a professor at the Faculty of
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1990s Other Art Style Retro Bird Illustration

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Paper, Etching

John Gould Tropical Bird Prints in Custom Wooden Frames, 13 Sold Each
By John Gould
Located in Atlanta, GA
This collection of framed John Gould tropical bird prints from his limited edition of 1000
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Mid-20th Century English Retro Bird Illustration

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Glass, Wood, Paper

"Antenna Birds" New Yorker Mag Cover Proposal Mid-Century American Scene Modern
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
"Antenna Birds" New Yorker Mag Cover Proposal Mid-Century American Scene Modern Antonio
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1950s American Modern Retro Bird Illustration

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Gouache, Board

Dino Martens Murano Variegato 1954 Aurene Iridescent Italian Art Glass Bird Bowl
By Aureliano Toso, Dino Martens
Located in Kissimmee, FL
surface Italian art glass rooster shape sculptural bird bowl. Documented to designer Dino Martens for
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Bird Illustration

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Gold Leaf

"Fantastical Bird, " Mid Century Box by Ottaviani in Silver, Enamel and Rosewood
By Ottaviani
Located in Philadelphia, PA
, this exceptional decorative box depicts a wildly imaginative crane-like bird with blue and green
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Bird Illustration

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Silver

Original Vintage Drink Advertising Poster Beer Is A Good Thing Bird Piatti Bier
By Celestino Piatti
Located in London, GB
a fun illustration by the Swiss graphic artist Celestino Piatti (1922-2007) depicting a colourful
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1960s Swiss Retro Bird Illustration

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Paper

Original bird drawing (hand signed and inscribed by Ronnie Cutrone) in monograph
By Ronnie Cutrone
Located in New York, NY
Ronnie Cutrone Original bird drawing (hand signed and inscribed by Ronnie Cutrone), 1990 Original
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1990s Pop Art Retro Bird Illustration

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Ink, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset, Paper

"L’Oiseau Vert (The Green Bird)" Expressionist Marc Chagall Exhibition Poster
By (after) Marc Chagall
Located in Houston, TX
Chagall titled "L’Oiseau Vert (The Green Bird)." The piece was printed by France’s Mourlot Studios for an
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1960s Expressionist Retro Bird Illustration

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Lithograph

Salvador Dalí, Language of the Birds, Paradise: Canto 19 (Field 189-200)
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
illustrations for a full-text Deluxe edition of Dante’s masterpiece, the Divine Comedy. Not deemed appropriate
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1960s Surrealist Retro Bird Illustration

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Woodcut

Dino Martens Murano Black White Gold Leaf Base Italian Art Glass Bird Sculpture
By Aureliano Toso, Dino Martens
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown black and white ribbons Italian art glass water bird sculpture
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Bird Illustration

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Gold Leaf

Apocalypse, Catastrophic Destruction of the World, Surrealism - Life Magazine
Located in Miami, FL
Apocalypse in 1962? At the height of the Cold War, Life Magazine commissions an illustration that
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1960s Surrealist Retro Bird Illustration

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Mixed Media, Illustration Board, Board, Gouache

“Winter Evening”
Located in Southampton, NY
exhibition of bird art at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in 1939. Sweney contributed articles and
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1960s American Realist Retro Bird Illustration

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Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board

Ceramic Vase by C-H Stalhane, Sweden, Woman & Man Painted, Multi Colors, C 1950
By Carl-Harry Stålhane
Located in New York, NY
factory. The illustration show a woman with a bird and a man with a hunting gear. Strong colors. The vase
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Retro Bird Illustration

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Ceramic

Screen with Gold Leafing Details by Robert Crowder
By Robert Crowder
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Screen with gold leafing details by Robert Crowder depicting beautiful illustration of birds and
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1950s American Other Retro Bird Illustration

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Wood

Original Vintage Chinese Communist Party Propaganda Poster Four Modernisations
Located in London, GB
modernizations / 团结奋斗 建设四化 - featuring an illustration of white birds flying across a busy road, marine ship
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1980s Chinese Retro Bird Illustration

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Paper

1952 Broadbill, Ornithology, Walter Linsenmaier, Coloured Pencil Drawing
Located in Norwich, GB
world renowned illustrator of birds, insects and animals. circa 1952. Used as basis for the
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1950s Swiss Retro Bird Illustration

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Paper

The Kite - Late 20th Century Oil on Wood Abstract - Dalí Style by George De Goya
By George De Goya
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
commercial illustrations in 1961. Abstract oil piece on wood. Keywords: Abstract, blue, black, red, yellow
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1970s Abstract Retro Bird Illustration

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Wood, Oil

Original Vintage Soviet Poster United Nations Year Of Peace Not War USSR Dove UN
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - Peace rather than enmity - featuring an illustration of
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1980s Russian Retro Bird Illustration

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Paper

Mirage - Mid 20th Century Oil on Wood Abstract - Dalí Stye by George De Goya
By George De Goya
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
commercial illustrations in 1961. Abstract oil on wood in a black modern frame. 1974 Exhibited Central
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1970s Abstract Retro Bird Illustration

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Wood, Oil

Original Vintage Fashion Advertising Poster Levis Of San Francisco Jeans Denim
Located in London, GB
Original vintage fashion advertising poster for Levi's jeans featuring a colourful illustration of
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1970s French Retro Bird Illustration

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Paper

Art Deco Style Pink Ceramic Dancer Table Lamp 1980s Gold Brass Vintage Swan 1920
Located in London, GB
An elegant ceramic table lamp depicting a dancer with a swan dress like bird that transforms into a
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1980s Italian Art Deco Retro Bird Illustration

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Ceramic

Dame Elisabeth Frink. Hawk, 1969. Watercolor. A Representation of Destruction.
By Elisabeth Frink
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
spirit of the subject. Her animals and birds may be drawn from nature but verge on the abstract
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Mid-20th Century Modern Retro Bird Illustration

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Paper, Watercolor

Dutch Opaline Table Lamp with Ball-Stem and Chrome Details White Black Base
Located in Verviers, BE
. Important: The lampshade is included in photos for illustration purposes only but cannot be shipped and does
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1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Retro Bird Illustration

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Chrome

Robert Andrew Parker Watercolor "Seated Figure #2" Partially Nude Female
By Robert Andrew Parker
Located in Detroit, MI
illustrations. His illustrations have graced more than 90 children's books, plus numerous literary classics by
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Retro Bird Illustration

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Paper, Watercolor

1970s Jean Michel Folon "Equlibriste" Serigraph for Gallerie Marquet, Paris
By Jean-Michel Folon
Located in San Carlos, CA
and mysterious humanoid forms helped revolutionize conceptual approaches to illustration in the late
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1970s French Modern Retro Bird Illustration

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Paper

Jean Michel Folon "L' Arbre" Serigraph for Gallerie Marquet, Paris, 1975
By Jean-Michel Folon
Located in San Carlos, CA
landscapes and mysterious humanoid forms helped revolutionize conceptual approaches to illustration in the
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1970s Modern Retro Bird Illustration

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Paper

Jean Michel Folon Serigraph "Libellule" Exhibition Print, 1972
By Jean-Michel Folon
Located in San Carlos, CA
illustration in the late 20th century. While Folon has worked across multiple disciplines—including ??painting
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1970s French Post-Modern Retro Bird Illustration

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Paper

Dame Elisabeth Frink. Bronze Maquette for Man and Eagle in Relief.Numbered 1/7.
By Elisabeth Frink
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
spirit of the subject. Her animals and birds may be drawn from nature but verge on the abstract
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Retro Bird Illustration

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Bronze

Original Vintage Travel Poster Australia Air India Plane Cricket Fishing Wine
Located in London, GB
colourful illustrations of a plane flying over people working in a coal mine with a coal train loaded on a
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1950s Indian Retro Bird Illustration

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Paper

Migration from Lettera Amorosa
By Georges Braque
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Braque is known to have spent years working on this project, the illustrations for Lettera Amorosa
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1960s Modern Retro Bird Illustration

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Lithograph

1970s Jean Michel Folon " Le Fumeur De Pipe" Exhibition Serigraph, Paris
By Jean-Michel Folon
Located in San Carlos, CA
landscapes and mysterious humanoid forms helped revolutionize conceptual approaches to illustration in the
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1970s French Modern Retro Bird Illustration

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Paper

Jean Michel Folon Screenprint "L' Expression", 1973
Located in San Carlos, CA
helped revolutionize conceptual approaches to illustration in the late 20th century. While Folon has
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1970s French Modern Retro Bird Illustration

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Paper

Original 70's Hand Painted Textile Design Gouache Yellow & Black Color on Paper
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
Birds design. Sealed on the back with the design studio name and number 98 We offer a small number
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1970s Modern Retro Bird Illustration

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Paper, Gouache

"Quiet, The Dove (from The Book of LOVE)" silkscreen print by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Indiana as illustrations for his own love poems, written circa 1958 to 1973. Each poem has a highly raised
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1990s Contemporary Retro Bird Illustration

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Paper, Screen

Late 80s Yves Saint Laurent Necklace
By Robert Goossens for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Brooklyn, NY
his career on numerous occasion to adorn his clothes and jewelry, but also on his illustrations and
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1980s Retro Bird Illustration

xxl Modernist West German Ceramic Wall Plate Object Helmut Schärfenacker, 1960
By Helmut Friedrich Schäffenacker
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
-painted and colorful illustrations of Birds. This fantastic element was produced in the 1960s in Germany
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Retro Bird Illustration

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Ceramic

Large and Unique Stoneware Rooster by Tyra Lundgren. Sweden, 1955.
By Tyra Lundgren Carolina
Located in Malmö, SE
main artistic motifs were birds, fish, and people which she depicted through different techniques and
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Retro Bird Illustration

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Ceramic, Stoneware

Jerusalem Samovar Israeli Judaica Eliezer Weishoff Oil Painting Bezalel Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
medallions, paintings, posters, prints, illustrations, jewelry, ceramics, tapestry, textile designs, linen
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1970s Modern Retro Bird Illustration

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Acrylic, Oil, Canvas

Signs and Symbols in Christian Art by George Ferguson
Located in valatie, NY
source in the study of symbols in Christian art. Includes all of the three hundred fifty illustrations
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1990s Retro Bird Illustration

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Paper

Rare Lynn Bogue Hunt Engraving of Ducks Unlimited, 1940
By Lynn Bogue Hunt
Located in Dallas, TX
, providing illustrations for magazines, books and advertisements. Books illustrated included books on
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Mid-20th Century American Sporting Art Retro Bird Illustration

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Paper

Joan Miró Derriere Le Miroir c.1967 (lithographic cover)
By Joan Miró
Located in NEW YORK, NY
illustrations (mainly original color lithographs by the gallery artists) who were famous at the time. The
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1960s Contemporary Retro Bird Illustration

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Lithograph

Naive European French Folk Art Jovan Lazar Obican Tapestry Wall Hanging Weaving
Located in Surfside, FL
Lazar Obican 1944-2004 Tapestry, mixed media applique on woven background Taking The Bird Away
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Retro Bird Illustration

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Oil, Canvas

Abstract Piece - Mid 20th Century Animal Abstract Piece by George De Goya
By George De Goya
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
commercial illustrations in 1961. This piece was created using mixed media and is in a black modern wooden
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1950s Abstract Retro Bird Illustration

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Mixed Media

"The Glorious Flight - Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot" - Children's Book
By Alice and Martin Provensen
Located in Miami, FL
Illustration Board; 14.5" x 13.75"; Signed Lower Right; Unframed. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alice
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1980s American Modern Retro Bird Illustration

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Board, Gouache

Astrology Fantasy - "A Love by the Stars" - Sci-Fi Alignment of the Planets
Located in Miami, FL
Hane paints a dreamy fusion of earthy and celestial bodies with circling birds around a central
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1970s Surrealist Retro Bird Illustration

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Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Eagle and Flag Bronze Sculpture by Lorenzo E. Ghiglieri, Limited Edition 205/475
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
. commissioned work from Ghiglieri as a combat illustrator. He then continued on to advertisement illustration
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Late 20th Century American Retro Bird Illustration

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Bronze

"English and Irish Setter" Original Oil Painting by Henry Hintermeister
By Henry Hintermeister
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
pseudonym Hy Hintermeister. They became well known producing over 1,000 of illustrations; John Henry and
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Mid-20th Century American Retro Bird Illustration

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Canvas

Israeli Oil Painting Ruth Schloss Child, Doll, Wagon, Kibbutz Social Realist Art
By Ruth Schloss
Located in Surfside, FL
early 1945, Schloss started to draw illustrations in the children’s magazine Mishmar Leyeladim, and
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Mid-20th Century Realist Retro Bird Illustration

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Canvas, Oil

"Seated Figure With Cigarette", Partially Nude Female, Watercolor on Paper
By Robert Andrew Parker
Located in Detroit, MI
illustrations. His illustrations have graced more than 90 children's books, plus numerous literary classics by
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1970s Retro Bird Illustration

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Headache Backstage", Lounging Female Figure, Gouache on Paper
By Robert Andrew Parker
Located in Detroit, MI
film as well as book illustrations. His illustrations have graced more than 90 children's books, plus
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1970s Retro Bird Illustration

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Paper, Gouache

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Retro Bird Illustration For Sale on 1stDibs

Find the exact retro bird illustration you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. You can easily find an example made in the abstract style, while we also have 23 abstract versions to choose from as well. If you’re looking for a retro bird illustration from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 20th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 20th Century. When looking for the right retro bird illustration for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray, beige, brown and black. Finding an appealing retro bird illustration — no matter the origin — is easy, but (after) Henri Matisse, Henri Matisse, Salvador Dalí, George De Goya and Henry Horenstein each produced popular versions that are worth a look. Artworks like these — often created in lithograph, paint and paper — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much is a Retro Bird Illustration?

The price for a retro bird illustration in our collection starts at $59 and tops out at $150,000 with the average selling for $1,423.