Archibald Thorburn (1860 – 1935)

As British as they come, Thorburn was something of an English version of Allan Brooks, or vice versa, both having their respective artwork widely published, both very prolific, and both using a lot of gouache watercolor with muted backgrounds. Thorburn also painted the mammals of the U.K. His work remains popular, but his impression on my in my youth was minimal, mostly because during that part of my life I saw little of it, and what I did see was usually poorly reproduced, or quite small.  It was only later that I came across reproductions of his impressive paintings of tragopans and other Asian pheasants as well as some of his better efforts at British birds that I came to respect him more, and perhaps be at least somewhat influenced by his work.