1920
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Bird Men is a 1920 ink by Arthur Bowen Davies, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a group of men with bird-like features. They have human bodies but bird heads and wings. The men are shown in various poses, some standing and others flying. The background is a light color, which helps the dark figures stand out. The artist used a technique called lithography to create this image. Lithography involves drawing on a stone with a grease-based substance and then using acid to etch the design into the stone. The stone is then inked and used to print the image onto paper. If you want to learn more about lithography, you can look up the technique.
Arthur Bowen Davies (September 26, 1862 – October 24, 1928) was an avant-garde American artist and influential advocate of modern art in the United States c. 1910–1928.
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