About 400 elementary- and middle-school students taking part in the Shenendehowa Inventors program will display their inventions at the former Cotton Market store at Clifton Park Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Louis Agassiz Fuertes was born in 1874 and lived much of his life in and around Ithaca. A graduate of Cornell University, he wasn’t just a wonderful artist who happened to paint birds. His knowledge of the subject and the accuracy of his paintings drew praise from the likes of Roger Tory Peterson, who said his own series of field guides that came out a half century later were inspired by Fuertes’ work. Posted on February 7, 2010.
This watercolor, “Pileated Woodpecker, 1908-09,” by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, is part of the exhibition “Birds of New York: The Paintings of Louis Agassiz Fuertes” at the New York State Museum.
This watercolor, “Red-Throated Loon, Common Loon, Artic Loon, 1906-09,” by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, is part of the exhibition “Birds of New York: The Paintings of Louis Agassiz Fuertes” at the New York State Museum.
Nancy Kelley, exhibit planner for “Birds of New York: The Paintings of Louis Agassiz Fuertes,” discusses one of the original paintings Fuertes did for the two-volume book on birds.
One of Kelley’s goals was to give the former NYS Museum director John Mason Clarke his due.
“He pushed hard for this book and convinced the commissioner of education that it was a great idea."
