Taro Artwork - European Birds Volume I - D

This series of original bird paintings – presented in gilded bamboo frames – is our homage to the great Giuseppe Castiglione. Castiglione pioneered the fusion of European and Chinese traditions, a theme very close to our hearts here at Fromental. Having acquired around 400 coloured prints of European birds created from works painted by French ornithological artists in the 1950s, we selected our favourites to be interpreted by our own skilled artists. Hand-painted onto silk grounds, these artworks reinterpret the original prints through traditional Chinese painting techniques. Set A - Chaffinch, Ortolan, Common Linnet Set B - Serin, Wood Warbler, Garden Warbler Set C - Sedge Warbler, Meadow Pipit, Whinchat Set D - Icterine Warbler, Willow Tit, Cirl Bunting