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Sir Amédée Forestier (1854 – 1930) was an Anglo-French artist and illustrator who specialised in historical and prehistoric scenes, and landscapes. ==Life and work== Forestier was born in Paris, France and studied art under Henri Lehmann at the École des Beaux-arts. In 1882 he began working for ''The Illustrated London News'' (ILN), producing illustrations for news items and fictional stories. He also produced illustrations for the Windsor Magazine, for the novels of several authors including Walter Besant, and for various travel books by A & C Black.〔Smiles & Moser. p76.〕〔See works by George Omond in the bibliography.〕 Forestier became known for his historical illustrations, especially his carefully researched drawings of archaeological finds such as prehistoric man. His drawings are notable for their attention to detail, a consequence of the need to convey a lot of visual information, with little accompanying text, in the popular illustrated magazines of the day.〔Smiles & Moser. pp. 77 & 79.〕 In December 1911, a series of his drawings (accompanying text by Arthur Bulleid) was published in The Illustrated London News, depicting scenes of everyday life in an Iron age village near present day Glastonbury - "Glastonbury Lake Village". These scenes were widely reproduced and seen as influential in shaping public perceptions of prehistory at the time.〔Smiles & Moser. Chapter 4 - "To make the dry bones live...".〕 Forestier also worked for the Royal Ontario Museum and the Museum of London, producing illustrations of Roman Life, and later had an illustrated book published on the subject - "The Roman Soldier" (A & C Black, 1928). In 1922 his "Nebraska Man" drawings appeared in The Illustrated London News. These reconstructions, in collaboration with scientist Grafton Elliot Smith, were of a possible ape-like ancestor of present-day man, based on a fossil tooth found in Nebraska. However this drawing owed more to artistic imagination than scientific fact, and the find itself was scientifically insignificant.〔(Creationist Arguments: Nebraska Man ).〕 Apart from his drawing, Forestier also painted in oils and watercolour. He died in 1930. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amédée Forestier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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