Henrik Grønvold (6 September 1858 – 23 March 1940) was a Danishnaturalist and artist, known for his illustrations of birds. Grønvold was among the last natural history illustrators to publish lithographs.[1]
Henrik Grønvold was born in Præstø, Denmark. He was the son of Hans Peter Levin Grønvold (1822–84) and Wilhelmine Marie Cathrine Lassen (1821–65). He had an early interest in natural history, and an early aptitude for natural history art. In 1880, he went to Copenhagen to learn machine drawing at the Copenhagen Technical College. After graduation, he worked first as a draughtsman of the Royal Danish Army's artillery and an illustrator at the Biological Research Station of Copenhagen.[1][2]
In 1892, Grønvold left Denmark intending to emigrate to the United States. While stopping in London en route, he was employed at the Natural History Museum preparing anatomical specimens.[2] His Swedish-born wife, Josefina Wilhelmina Hillstrøm (1869–1935), joined him a year later.[3]
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Henrik Grønvold became a skilled taxidermist, and established a reputation as an artist. He was employed at the Museum until 1895, when he accompanied William Ogilvie-Grant on an expedition to the Salvage Islands. After this expedition, Grønvold worked at the Museum in an unofficial capacity as an artist for decades, and only left London to attend an ornithological congress in Berlin.[1][2]
His illustrations largely appeared in scientific periodicals such as the Proceedings and Transactions of the Zoological Society, The Ibis and The Avicultural Magazine. In these publications, he drew plates for William Ogilvie-Grant, George Albert Boulenger, and Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas, among others. Grønvold also completed numerous plates for Walter Rothschild, many of which appeared in Rothschild's journal Novitates Zoologicae. Grønvold mostly illustrated birds and eggs, rare and newly discovered species from many parts of the world, and mostly worked in lithographs. His egg plates include some of great auk eggs made for Alfred Newton. He made some depictions of mammals as well, and the Natural History Museum collection has oil paintings of apes he made for Rothschild.[1]
Among the books he illustrated were George Shelley's Birds of Africa, which contained 57 plates, many of species that had not been illustrated before.[1] He illustrated W. L. Buller's books on the birds of New Zealand, Brabourne's Birds of South America,[1]Henry Eliot Howard's The British Warblers (1907–14), Charles William Beebe's A Monograph of the Pheasants (1918–22), and Herbert Christopher Robinson's The Birds of the Malay Peninsula (1929–76).[4] He completed 600 hand-coloured plates for twelve volumes of The Birds of Australia (1910–27) by Gregory Macalister Mathews. Grønvold subsequently provided numerous illustrations for Mathews' The Birds of Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands ... (1928) and A Supplement to The Birds of Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands ... (1936) – some of the last publications that were issued with hand-coloured plates.[2]
As a commemoration of his contributions to bird art, the Guinean-Ivory Coast ranged, African rufous-naped lark subspecie Mirafra africana henrici (Bates, 1930) was named for him in 1930 by George Latimer Bates.[5][6]
Grønvold died at Bedford, England, in 1940. His daughter Elsa Ayres (1899–1985) became a skilled portrait painter and was married to British sculptor Arthur James John Ayres (1902–1985).[7][8]
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^ abcdef"Henrik Gronvold (1858–1940)". Natural History Museum. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
^ abcdPasquier, Roger F.; Farrand, John Jr. (1991). Masterpieces of Bird Art: 700 Years of Ornithological Illustration. Abbeville Press. pp. 180–181. ISBN1-55859-134-6.
^Jean Anker. "H. Grønvold". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, Gyldendal. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
^Elphick, Jonathan (2004). Birds - The Art of Ornithology. ISBN1-902686-39-X.
^"IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.
^Jobling, James A. (2010). Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 190. ISBN978-1-4081-3326-2.
^"Obituary - Henrik Gronvold (1858-1940)" (PDF). British Birds. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
^"Arthur James John Ayres". sculpture.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
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henrik, grønvold, september, 1858, march, 1940, danish, naturalist, artist, known, illustrations, birds, grønvold, among, last, natural, history, illustrators, publish, lithographs, grønvold, illustration, arabian, golden, sparrow, yellow, throated, petronia, . Henrik Gronvold 6 September 1858 23 March 1940 was a Danish naturalist and artist known for his illustrations of birds Gronvold was among the last natural history illustrators to publish lithographs 1 Gronvold s illustration of an Arabian golden sparrow and a yellow throated petronia from G E Shelley s Birds of Africa Contents 1 Background 2 Career 3 References 4 External linksBackground editHenrik Gronvold was born in Praesto Denmark He was the son of Hans Peter Levin Gronvold 1822 84 and Wilhelmine Marie Cathrine Lassen 1821 65 He had an early interest in natural history and an early aptitude for natural history art In 1880 he went to Copenhagen to learn machine drawing at the Copenhagen Technical College After graduation he worked first as a draughtsman of the Royal Danish Army s artillery and an illustrator at the Biological Research Station of Copenhagen 1 2 In 1892 Gronvold left Denmark intending to emigrate to the United States While stopping in London en route he was employed at the Natural History Museum preparing anatomical specimens 2 His Swedish born wife Josefina Wilhelmina Hillstrom 1869 1935 joined him a year later 3 Career editHenrik Gronvold became a skilled taxidermist and established a reputation as an artist He was employed at the Museum until 1895 when he accompanied William Ogilvie Grant on an expedition to the Salvage Islands After this expedition Gronvold worked at the Museum in an unofficial capacity as an artist for decades and only left London to attend an ornithological congress in Berlin 1 2 His illustrations largely appeared in scientific periodicals such as the Proceedings and Transactions of the Zoological Society The Ibis and The Avicultural Magazine In these publications he drew plates for William Ogilvie Grant George Albert Boulenger and Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas among others Gronvold also completed numerous plates for Walter Rothschild many of which appeared in Rothschild s journal Novitates Zoologicae Gronvold mostly illustrated birds and eggs rare and newly discovered species from many parts of the world and mostly worked in lithographs His egg plates include some of great auk eggs made for Alfred Newton He made some depictions of mammals as well and the Natural History Museum collection has oil paintings of apes he made for Rothschild 1 Among the books he illustrated were George Shelley s Birds of Africa which contained 57 plates many of species that had not been illustrated before 1 He illustrated W L Buller s books on the birds of New Zealand Brabourne s Birds of South America 1 Henry Eliot Howard s The British Warblers 1907 14 Charles William Beebe s A Monograph of the Pheasants 1918 22 and Herbert Christopher Robinson s The Birds of the Malay Peninsula 1929 76 4 He completed 600 hand coloured plates for twelve volumes of The Birds of Australia 1910 27 by Gregory Macalister Mathews Gronvold subsequently provided numerous illustrations for Mathews The Birds of Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands 1928 and A Supplement to The Birds of Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands 1936 some of the last publications that were issued with hand coloured plates 2 As a commemoration of his contributions to bird art the Guinean Ivory Coast ranged African rufous naped lark subspecie Mirafra africana henrici Bates 1930 was named for him in 1930 by George Latimer Bates 5 6 Gronvold died at Bedford England in 1940 His daughter Elsa Ayres 1899 1985 became a skilled portrait painter and was married to British sculptor Arthur James John Ayres 1902 1985 7 8 References edit a b c d e f Henrik Gronvold 1858 1940 Natural History Museum Retrieved 12 March 2012 a b c d Pasquier Roger F Farrand John Jr 1991 Masterpieces of Bird Art 700 Years of Ornithological Illustration Abbeville Press pp 180 181 ISBN 1 55859 134 6 Jean Anker H Gronvold Dansk Biografisk Leksikon Gyldendal Retrieved March 1 2019 Elphick Jonathan 2004 Birds The Art of Ornithology ISBN 1 902686 39 X IOC World Bird List 6 4 IOC World Bird List Datasets doi 10 14344 ioc ml 6 4 Jobling James A 2010 Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names Bloomsbury Publishing p 190 ISBN 978 1 4081 3326 2 Obituary Henrik Gronvold 1858 1940 PDF British Birds Retrieved March 1 2019 Arthur James John Ayres sculpture gla ac uk Retrieved March 1 2019 External links edit nbsp Media related to Henrik Gronvold at Wikimedia Commons Works by Henrik Gronvold at Project Gutenberg Works by or about Henrik Gronvold at Internet Archive Works by Henrick Gronvold at Biodiversity Heritage Library Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Henrik Gronvold amp oldid 1183176081, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
