1910
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Bookplate of Martin Birnbaum is a 1910 by Ernest Haskell, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This image is a bookplate featuring a tree with a bird perched on a branch. Two people sit at the base of the tree, one reading a book and the other looking up at the bird. The scene is rendered in a detailed, realistic style. The bookplate is titled "Bookplate of Martin Birnbaum" and was created by Ernest Haskell, an American artist. The medium used to create the bookplate is unknown. The Cleveland Museum of Art holds this bookplate in its collection. To learn more about the artistic techniques used in this piece, look into chiaroscuro, a method of using strong contrasts between light and dark to create a sense of volume in artworks.
Ernest Haskell was an American artist and illustrator, internationally famous in his lifetime and remembered for his etchings, as well as engravings, pen-and-ink drawings, lithographs and watercolors.
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