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Studies of a Recumbent Polar Bear
Also titled Studies van een liggende ijsbeer
John Macallan Swan (Old Brentford, 1847–1910)
1903
- Medium
- paper, chalk
- Classification
- drawing
- Dimensions
- height 24 cm x width 36 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Mr and Mrs Drucker-Fraser Bequest, Montreux
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed
About this work
Drawing living animals requires the patience of a saint. The British artist Johan Macallan Swan could wait hours for the animal to assume the desired pose. The second it did, he would dash off a quick sketch before the animal moved again. This polar bear, however, must have stayed still for some time. The artist was able to accurately study its thick coat.
