Art Tales: Telling Stories with Wildlife Art

Museum Curator

Ever since early humans painted animals on cave walls, people around the world have portrayed wildlife in their artwork. Today, wildlife art is fine art that includes wildlife as its subject matter. Many of these artworks are now found in museums, where curators organize exhibitions of art so people can appreciate and enjoy them. Art exhibitions are created around an interesting idea or theme. An exhibition might showcase a specific artist, art style, or a certain subject.

Two Lions, After Peter Paul Rubens, Théodore Géricault

Deer at Fountainebleau, Rosa Bonheur

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Imagine you are a museum curator with a collection of paintings and sculptures. Your job is to curate (organize) an art exhibition. What do you want your exhibition to be about? Do you want to showcase wildlife of the Rocky Mountains? Artworks by European artists? Wildlife sculptures? African wildlife? Or works by a single artist? Explore the art collection to come up with a theme for your exhibition!