The Life & Art of Athos Menaboni

It's high time someone turned the spotlight on Athos Menaboni. This is a well-researched and beautifully realized book. The color plates are exquisite, artfully showing off the painstaking precision that Menaboni lovingly employed on his subjects. Thomas Kinkade may be the Painter of Light, but Athos Menaboni is the Painter of Iridescence. Not even Audubon could best him at it. Roger Tory Peterson lauded him as our greatest bird artist and Robert Woodruff commissioned a new Menaboni painting every year to adorn his Christmas cards. The Smithsonian calls its collection of those cards the most important Christmas card collection in American history. A must-read for all lovers of wildlife, nature, and Who's Who in Atlanta society.

The pictures in this book are strikingly beautiful and unusual. I had not heard of Menaboni and always associated "bird art" with Audubon. I was doubly surprised to find Menaboni continued painting,while plagued with deteriorating eyesight, into his nineties. I found the book fascinating and am so glad I have it.

It's high time someone turned the spotlight on Athos Menaboni. This is a well researched and beautifully realized book. The color plates are exquisite, artfully showing off the painstaking precision that Menaboni lovingly employed on his subjects. Thomas Kinkade may be the Painter of Light, but Athos Menaboni is the Painter of Iridescence. Not even Audubon could best him at it.Roger Tory Peterson lauded him as our greatest bird artist and Robert Woodruff commissioned a new Menaboni painting every year to adorn his Christmas cards. The Smithsonian calls its collection of those cards the most important Christmas card collection in American history.A must-read for all lovers of wildlife, nature, and Who's Who in Atlanta society.