John William Waterhouse
(1849 - 1917)
 

John William Waterhouse RA was an English painter known for working first in the Academic style and for then embracing the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's style and subject matter. His paintings are known for their depictions of women from both ancient Greek mythology and Arthurian legend. A high proportion depict a single young and beautiful woman in a historical costume and setting, though there are some ventures into Orientalist painting and genre painting, still mostly featuring women. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Waterhouse

Ulysses and the Sirens
1891
Oil on canvas
100.6 x 202 cm 
National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/4457/

 Martin Johnson Heade
(1819 - 1904)
 

Martin Johnson was an American painter known for his salt marsh landscapes, seascapes, and depictions of hummingbirds, often depicted with orchids, as well as lotus blossoms and other still lifes. His painting style and subject matter, while derived from the romanticism of the time, are regarded by art historians as a significant departure from those of his peers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Johnson_Heade

Two Hummingbirds Above a White Orchid
c. 1875 - 1890
Oil on canvas
25.7 x 46 cm 
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, United States
https://www.cartermuseum.org/collection/two-hummingbirds-above-white-orchid-198133

 Sargent Claude Johnson
(1888 - 1967)

Sargent Claude Johnson was one of the first African-American artists working in California to achieve a national reputation. He was known for Abstract Figurative and Early Modern styles. He was a painter, potter, ceramicist, printmaker, graphic artist, sculptor, and carver. He worked in a variety of media, including ceramics, clay, stone, wood, terra cotta, tiled murals, watercolor, oil on canvas, porcelain enamel on steel, and lithography. Despite having lived in San Francisco for most of his adult life, Johnson is considered one of the stellar artists of the Harlem Renaissance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sargent_Claude_Johnson

Cubist Bird
1966
Enamel on steel
1000 x 772cm
SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, United States
https://www.scadmoa.org/

Štefan Prohászka-Tallós
(1896 - 1974)

Štefan Prohászka-Tallós was a Hungarian artist who often exhibited in Bratislava. He was known for expressive, almost grotesque depictions of public events, markets and feasts, sometimes commenting on the Slovak-Hungarian social tensions. This is one of his more peaceful and nature-oriented works.

https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallós_Prohászka_István

Isle of Cormorants
1930-1935
Oil on canvas
180 x 155 cm
Slovak National Gallery, Slovakia 

https://www.webumenia.sk/dielo/SVK:SNG.O_2236 

Cheryl Medow
 

Santa Barbara photographic artist Cheryl Medow creates images that entice the viewer to enter the natural world and envision her wild birds, in imaginary and real environments.   Medow layers her photographs, weaving them together to create visual narratives.

https://www.cherylmedow.com/abouttheartist

Tri-Colored Heron And A Skimmer
2017
Photograph
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans
https://ogdenmuseum.org/exhibition/photonola-currents-2017/cheryl-medow-tri-colored-heron-and-a-skimmer-2017-courtesy-of-the-artist-and-pdnb-gallery-in-dallas-texas/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBVgC1pHHvN/
https://www.pdnbgallery.com/cherylmedow

 Sydney Long
(1871–1955 )
 

Sydney Long was an Australian artist. Originally inspired by the Heidelberg School of Australian impressionism, Long developed his own Symbolist approach to the Australian landscape, and by the 1910s had become Australia's foremost Art Nouveau painter. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Long

The Spirit of the Plains 
1914
Oil on canvas
76.8 x 153.7 cm
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
https://searchthecollection.nga.gov.au/object/82425

George Edwards
(1694–1773)
 

George Edwards FRS was an English naturalist and ornithologist, known as the "father of British ornithology".

Over a period of 21 years, Edwards published seven volumes containing descriptions and hand-coloured etchings of birds. In a few cases, he depicted other animals. None of the species were native to the British Isles. The first four volumes were published between 1743 and 1751 with the title A Natural History of Uncommon Birds. The three subsequent volumes were published between 1758 and 1764 with the title Gleanings Of Natural History. The volumes contain a total of 362 hand-coloured etchings of which 317 depict birds. The etchings were all drawn by Edwards. He numbered the plates consecutively through the seven volumes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Edwards_(naturalist)

Bird Study: Bohemian Waxwing
c. 1714–73
watercolor with gouache
28.3 x 20.6 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland USA
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1989.230