REDBUD (cercis canadensis L) by Andrey Avinoff Wild Flowers Calendar Color Print

Description: "REDBUD (cercis canadensis L)" by Andrey Avinoff"During the second half of April, pea-like flowers on filamentous stalks adorn the redbud as its leaf buds are just becoming stimulated by the warming days of spring . Later, heart-shaped leaves share the twigs with hanging, flattened, seed pods. This small tree is found only sparingly in southwestern counties. Look for it in south-central Pennsylvania, at places like the Sideling Hill Creek valley of Bedford and Fulton counties where the Conservancy has protected habitats favored by redbud."This is a Print from a calendar created in 1998. On a thick paper with words on the back. Measures 12 x 9" inches.This print would look lovely framed for a kitchen, restaurant, dining room, etc...FYI: "His paintings of flowers, and 350 of his works illustrate Wildflowers of Western Pennsylvania and the Upper Ohio Basin. Avinoff was born in Tulchyn, Podolia Governorate, now Ukraine, to a wealthy Russian family with ties to nobility who served a diplomatic role in the Nicholas II of Russia's court. Avinoff learned to speak English fluently during his childhood. He left Russia after the Revolution and moved to America. In 1924, he was hired as an assistant curator of entomology at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. He was promoted to director in 1926, a position he held until 1946. He was also appointed a trustee of the museum. In 1927 he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Pittsburgh. Avinoff generally lived a secluded upper-class life in Pittsburgh, a popular and thriving metropolis with a strong elitist society at the time. A homosexual, Avinoff never had children. Later in life, suffering from health conditions, he moved to New York where he resumed his interest in painting, and the New Yorker profiled him in a 12-page article about his life. At his death, he had created hundreds of paintings which are largely sought after by collectors today. He was also the brother of the famous portrait painter Elizabeth Shoumatoff, who is most famous for painting Frankin Delano Roosevelt at the moment when he collapsed and died. Avinoff's paintings were highly skilled images of flora or fauna, or paintings with deep meanings with themes of religious, sexual, apocalyptic nature, or combinations of the three. He worked in a wide variety of mediums from precise pencil and ink drawings to oil to watercolor."Beautiful Piece.PLEASE SEE PHOTOS DON'T MISS OUT. BID NOW. ANY QUESTION PLEASE ASK! WE COMBINE SHIP. SHIPPING INFORMATION: All items are shipped the cheapest method unless otherwise specified. International customers welcome, please e-mail me for a shipping quote. My shipping service is the United States Postal Service only. I mail items twice a week. International buyers email for a shipping quote. PLEASE NOTE INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS if you pay me first I will keep what you have paid and I will request the balance you owe for shipping to your country. I will not mail your item until I receive it.PAYMENT INFORMATION: Paypal Preferred Track Page Views WithAuctiva's FREE Counter

Price: 12 USD

Location: Erie, Pennsylvania

End Time: 2024-11-14T18:11:16.000Z

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