Hidden Walnuts

Description: Louis Agassiz Fuertes' 1919 Oven Bird from "Melody the Wood Thrush, Teacher the Oven Bird." Surprisingly, ovenbirds are a type of warbler, and not a type of ovenbird! They are known as Ovenbirds because they make a domed ground nest that sort of looks like an oven.

Description: An excerpt from John Clare's poem "The Thrush's Nest" with a wood thrush from Louis Agassiz Fuertes.

Description: Louis Agassiz Fuertes' 1919 "Melody the Wood Thrush, Teacher the Oven Bird." We have some thrushes at our house that make us smile - one likes to hop right up to the lens of our trailcam.

Description: French artist Félix Bracquemond'w 1881 sketches "The Swallows." We enjoy watching swallows as they swoop and dive for insects, and Bracquemond captured these movements beautifully.

Description: Austrian artist Walther Gamerith's 1940 winter lanscape. We like the way the shades of blue he used help us imagine the cold, crisp air of winter.

Description: The front side shows the opening verse of Psalm 23 overlaid on British artist Elizabeth Christie Austen Brown's 1920 woodcut, titled "Evening Pasture." The back shows the full psalm. This version has 2 sides - we also have a single sided design with more options, see The Lord Is My Shepherd with "Evening Pasture" by Elizabeth Christie Austen Brown.

Description: King Log and King Stork from Walter Crane's 1908 The Baby's Own Aesop.

Description: From Walter Crane's 1908 "The Baby's Own Aesop" - the Crow and the Pitcher. A good reminder to use your wits!

Description: The nuthatch from American artist Louis Agassiz Fuertes's 1858 "Chickadee,White-Breasted Nuthatch". We love to watch nuthatches hop up and down tree trunks.

Description: The opening verse of Psalm 23 overlaid on British artist Elizabeth Christie Austen Brown's 1920 woodcut, titled "Evening Pasture."

Description: Hey, stable genius! Show off this cool horse by Polish artist Jan Matejko - from his 1883 "Sketch of horse’s head for the painting 'Zamoyski at Byczyna'"

Description: For all the nonstop winners out there who love 80s style, set the stage wherever you go.

Description: The player is from "De Berthon" by French artist Louis de Fleurac.

Description: Vroom! A line-only version of French artist Gaston Marechaux's 1935 race car, Pl. 46 of "Bon Voyage." White lines only - please choose dark colors.

Description: Vroom! A color-filled version of French artist Gaston Marechaux's 1935 outline of a race car Pl. 46 "Bon Voyage"

Description: For all the nonstop winners out there, set the stage wherever you go.

Description: German artist Gebhard Fugel painted "The Resurrection" in 1932. We like the triumphant expression on Jesus' face as he leaves the tomb.

Description: Finnish artist Albert Edelfelt painted "Christ And Mary Magdalene" in 1890. We like how he painted Mary Magdalene in contemporary clothes and the northern-style setting/landscape, which helps the scene feel relatable. It is easy to imagine Jesus speaking the words from John 20:15 “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”

Description: "Iris & libellules" (iris and dragonflies) is another lovely border design from Maurice Pillard Verneuil, dated 1898. We like the colors and the peaceful feeling of the composition.

Description: A British artists known only as "Ellen W." created an album of cut-paper flowers in about 1835. This is her arrangement of daffodils, geraniums, and forget-me-nots.

Description: We like Austrian artist Walther Gamerith's 1948 "Blühende Obstbäume" (flowering fruit trees) because it reminds us of the cherry orchards in Door County, Wisconsin (USA) in springtime.

Description: Maurice Pillard Verneuil'1 1898 border design of flowering rushes (Butome en ombelle). We like the smooth waves, intertwining leaves, and springy feeling.

Description: We like the crisp outlines of the stern-faced stork and the absurdity of the supplicant crowned frog, as well as the bold colors that immediately draw the eye to the characters. This is plate 8 of the 1909 book "Komische Käuze" (Strange [Funny] Characters), illustrated by German artist Elisabeth Schellbach.

Description: Henry Ossawa Tanner's "The Good Shepherd" dated 1902-1903 with Luke 15:4

Description: We like the color palette and clean shapes of the sailboat and mountains. French artist/illustrator Gaston Marechaux created this as part of a coloring book in 1935-36. The book included suggested color choices above a blank outline to be filled in by the user.

Description: We like the contented feeling of "In the Garden" by Finnish artist Eric O. W. Ehrström, dated 1920. She is wearing a hat, so the sun is probably out as she works in her garden, with beautiful flowers in bloom around her. Ehrstrom was an amazing talent. He wrote books, designed jewelry (including a crown for the King of Finland in 1918), designed room interiors, worked with metal to create items both small (ex. vases, boxes) and large (ex. copper doors), while also working with enamel, stained glass, lino prints, and more. He lived from 1881-1934.

Description: We love the eyes on this bird! This great graphic design is from an unknown artist at the Wiener Werkstätte ("Vienna Workshop"). The workshop was in operation from 1903-1932, and it brought great design and style to utilitarian objects.

Description: Lyrics from the cowboy ballad "Streets of Laredo" and images from the 1907 movie poster "The Lost Trail"

Description: The image of James Madison is from American artist Thomas Sully's 1809 portrait and the James Madison quote is from Federalist No. 51.

Description: We like the excitement about industrial advancements in Grif Teller's "Giant Conquerers of Space and Time." Teller created this for the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1931, and we imagine the optimistic feeling about what can be accomplished was probably very welcome during the difficult economic times.

Description: This is plate 13 of the 1909 book "Komische Käuze" (Strange [Funny] Characters), illustrated by German artist Elisabeth Schellbach.

Description: The idea of a kingfisher as a professor-type, wearing a pince-nez, equipped with a fishing pole and bobber made us smile. We also like the friendly frog approaching in the lower right. This is another cheerful illustration from the wonderful German artist Elisabeth Schellbach's 1909 illustrations in "Komische Käuze" (Strange [Funny] Characters, plate 5).

Description: This piece is dated 1905-1906, during the early days of Fauvism. We love the energy of the bright colors - they make it easy to imagine sitting seaside in the south of France on a sunny day.

Description: This painting makes us think of warm sunshine and fresh air. We love the oranges, greens, and blues and the interesting forms of the trees. Armand Guillaumin painted "La Baie D’agay Et Le Sémaphore" in 1922. Guillaumin was freinds with and painted alongside many of the better-known impressionists such as Cezanne and Pissarro.

Description: Finnish artist Hugo Simberg's "Auringon noustessa" (When the Sun Rises), dated from 1893 - 1900.

Description: We enjoy the absurdity of these musical frogs in dapper dress carefully following their conductor. This is plate 13 of the 1909 book "Komische Käuze" (Strange [Funny] Characters), illustrated by German artist Elisabeth Schellbach. The complete book is available online through the German Digital Library. While we have been unsuccessful in attempts to translate the stories, the illustrations make us smile.