Musée No:286.012 heron De Boodt stayed in Prague

De Boodt stayed in Prague for two years

’ He belonged to a small group of American painters who returned from Paris art schools in the late 19th century

he was particularly devoted to beetles

They were well received and sold well thanks to the good international contacts of Vincent van Gogh's uncle

He had a steady income as a teacher at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts and was part of the Nihonga art movement along with Watanabe Seitei

Musée No:286.012 heron De Boodt stayed in PragueA collection of pastel coloured birds eggs with a pretty plaster pink border. Artist: Otto Kleinschmidt Date: 1870 Otto Kleinschmidt (1870 1954) was a German ornithologist, theologist and pastor.