Francis Lee Jaques

Francis Lee Jaques

Artist-Naturalist

Donald T. Luce and Laura M. Andrews
Foreword by Roger Tory Peterson

$15.00 paper
ISBN: 0-8166-1146-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-1146-1

A biographical essay illustrated with Jaques's drawings and paintings.

Best known for the distinctive style of his dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History and other museums, Francis Lee Jaques was also a painter and illustrator whose elegant black-and-white drawings appeared in over 30 books about wildlife and nature. This book, a biographical essay illustrated with his own drawings and paintings, is a lucid examination of his work within the context of American nature painting. In his foreword, Roger Tory Peterson says, “His dioramas and canvases are a sensitive and joyous celebration of the wild world—a record of the way it was in his time.”

Published in association with the James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota.

88 pages | 18 color, 29 black-and-white illustrations | 1982



Francis Lee Jaques *Artist-Naturalist* Donald T. Luce and Laura M. Andrews Foreword by Roger Tory Peterson		$15.00 paper ISBN: 0-8166-1146-7 ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-1146-1
A biographical essay illustrated with Jaques's drawings and paintings. Best known for the distinctive style of his dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History and other museums, Francis Lee Jaques was also a painter and illustrator whose elegant black-and-white drawings appeared in over 30 books about wildlife and nature. This book, a biographical essay illustrated with his own drawings and paintings, is a lucid examination of his work within the context of American nature painting. In his foreword, Roger Tory Peterson says, “His dioramas and canvases are a sensitive and joyous celebration of the wild world—a record of the way it was in his time.” Published in association with the James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota. 88 pages \| 18 color, 29 black-and-white illustrations \| 1982