Artistes animaliers

SCHOUTEN Peter

Peter Mark Schouten, AM, est un artiste australien et illustrateur de publications dans le domaine de la zoologie et de la paléontologie.

David Attenborough a qualifié ses compétences de "rares et précieuses" et parmi les meilleures au monde.

Ses œuvres sont caractérisées par le naturalisme et la fidélité aux détails, grâce auxquels Schouten intègre ses propres idées et hypothèses dans la reconstruction de créatures éteintes et leur donne ainsi une touche individuelle.

Ses premiers travaux traitent principalement de la faune de son continent d'origine, l'Australie. Le premier livre dans lequel ses illustrations émergent, Prehistoric Animals of Australia, aborde également ce sujet. 

Au cours de son travail d'illustrateur et de co-auteur, il a travaillé avec plusieurs scientifiques, puis est devenu connu internationalement pour son portrait d'Homo floresiensis, qui a été publié en 2004 comme la première reconstruction scientifique de cette 
espèce d'hominidé



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Distinctions & Parutions

1983 Whitley Awards for books on Australian animals or history of Australian zoology – highly commended.
1984 Wildlife Society of Australia – annual prize for drawing.
1989 Faber Castell Drawing Competition – highly commended.
1997 Whitley Awards – Gold Medal for most outstanding book of the year : ‘Tree Kangaroos, A Curious Natural History’.
1997 Colin Roderick Literary Award – prize for most outstanding book on an Australian subject.
2002 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards – Science Writing, ‘A Gap In Nature’, – highly commended.
2005 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards – Science Writing, ‘Astonishing Animals’ – Winner.
2014 Winner of the Manning Winter Festival Visual Arts Award, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to cultural development in the Manning Valley
2015 Awarded Member of the Order of Australia in recognition of his service to the visual arts as a wildlife and scientific illustrator, and for his commitment to the preservation and documentation of Australian natural history.

Expositions

1984 Wildlife Society of Australasia Annual Exhibition.
1989 Faber-Castell Annual Drawing Exhibition.
1991 Australian Wildlife Artists Exhibition – Australian Consulate, Washington D.C., (with Bill Cooper, Ray Harris-Ching and Rod Scott.)
1993 W.I.R.E.S. Wildlife Art Exhibition.
1994 W.I.R.E.S. Wildlife Art Exhibition.
1995 W.I.R.E.S. Wildlife Art Exhibition.
1996 Fine Art Society Gallery, New Bond St., London. ( A solo exhibition featuring tree kangaroos.)
1997 Christies (U.K.) – Annual Wildlife Art Auction.
1999 Levin Gallery, Naturalis Museum Leiden, Netherlands. (A  permanent exhibition of twenty  paintings.)
1999 Christies (U.K.) – Annual Wildlife Art Auction.
2001 Museum of South Australia,  Adelaide. ‘A Gap In Nature’  exhibition. (Solo exhibition  featuring 103 paintings.)
2002 Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston. ‘A Gap In  Nature’ (Solo exhibition featuring 103 paintings.)
2005 Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston. ‘Astonishing Animals’ exhibition. (Solo exhibition featuring 80 paintings.)
2007 ‘Animal Ornata ‘ exhibition of 30 paintings highlighting the adornment and ornamentation of obscure wildlife. Held to commemorate the opening of the new wing of the Manning Valley  Regional Art Gallery.
2014

2019

‘Manning Wild ‘ An exhibition of extant flora and fauna of the beautiful Manning Valley.

‘Into the Wild’ This exhibition at the Manning Regional Art Gallery is an eclectic mix of subjects including original as well as published images from books past and present – 7 March till 14 April 2019.  Featuring paintings from ‘End of the Megafauna’.

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