Description
A Celebration of Birds is a beautifully produced volume honouring the life and work of renowned bird artist Claude Gibney Finch-Davies. This elegant book presents 21 superb, full-colour facsimile plates from Finch-Davies’s final album, created between March 1918 and April 1920, alongside reproductions of his handwritten field notes.
The accompanying text by Alan Kemp, respected ornithologist and curator at the Transvaal Museum in Pretoria, offers valuable insight into the artist’s techniques, life, and the ornithological significance of his work. The book also includes a thoughtful biography of Finch-Davies, reflecting on his remarkable talent and the personal challenges that shaped his brief, eventful life.
Housed in a matching pictorial hard slipcase, this title is an essential collector’s item for bird enthusiasts, natural history lovers, and admirers of fine South African art books.
