Alex uribe biography

BIRDS, BUGS & BOTANY^™

Antique & Antiquarian Nature Prints from the Gallerie Collection.
at the
Old Great Barrington Train Station

It was the Age of Discovery & the Era of Enlightenment.

Exploration around the world in the 17^th, 18^th & 19^th centuries fueled a fascination with Botany, Natural History & Flora.

Emissaries fanned out across the globe gathering specimens of exotic flowers & fauna to be catalogued by preeminent naturalists & bound into grand volumes. For these great books brilliant illustrations were drawn & carved into copper plates, hand-printed & individually colored by some of the most excellent artists of all time.

These magnificent original prints will be the focus of Art et Industrie’s spring exhibition at the Great Barrington Train Station, entitled BIRDS, BUGS & BOTANY™.

Featured will be selected works from some of the greatest Bo