Birds have always been a recurrent subject in Art mainly due to their beauty and because they symbolise so many different things. One way or another, these appear in paintworks done by the major painters from Durer to Picasso; considered as a mere technical exercise in both religious and still-life paintings or being either an excuse to capture the essence of movement or a way to experience shapes and colours.
In the 19th century a whole generation of naturalist painters, more particularly, British and American ones, showed great interest in scientific rigour. This school of art is still in use as there are so many artists fond of birds’ painting. Nevertheless, we absolutely need to point out that featuring birds with a certain degree of accuracy involves a great technical challenge.