color print, three green multicolored chameleons perched on branches against black background, one with tongue extended catching an insect, artist stamp lower R corner
#InternationalChameleonDay :
Norbertine von Bresslern-Roth (Austrian, 1891-1978)
#Chameleons, c.1930
Color linoleum cut on Japan paper, 186 x 160 mm (7 3/8 x 6 1/4 in)
www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Cham...
#WomenArtists #ChameleonDay
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Happy 2nd annual International Chameleon Day! May 9th is International Chameleon Day, which was launched in 2024 to highlight the remarkable diversity of chameleon species and shed light on the challenges they face in the wild!
#internationalchameleonday #chameleondaymay9 #chameleonconservation
Resharing for #InternationalChameleonDay
Resharing for #InternationalChameleonDay
Resharing for #InternationalChameleonDay
Resharing for #InternationalChameleonDay
Resharing for #InternationalChameleonDay
Resharing for #InternationalChameleonDay
Today is #InternationalChameleonDay! Along with our friends at Wildlife Madagascar, today we celebrate the more than 200 species of chameleons! Did you know that almost half of these species live in Madagascar?! Such amazing and beautiful diversity.
Adopt a chameleon this International Chameleon Day! 🦎💚
🌟 www.freedomforanimals.org.uk/forms/adopt-a-chameleon
Get yours today for yourself or a fellow animal lover - It's the perfect gift! 😉
#FreedomforAnimals #AnimalRights #AnimalLovers #Wildlife #DailyDoseOfNature #InternationalChameleonDay
An opened book showing a full-page colour illustratation of a chameleon sitting on top of a branch, and below the branch, a siren and a salamander looking up at the chameleon.
Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the chameleons, for today is their special day!
This illustration of a 'Camelion' comes from 'Animated Nature Vol. 2' (1821) by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon.
📷 Reserve 590 BUF
#InternationalChameleonDay #ChameleonDay #RareBooks
Today's #InternationalChameleonDay! 🎉 Reflecting on their incredible camouflage & adaptations, often found in the biodiversity-rich environments of #ProtectedAreas. Their conservation matters!
📸 - National Geographic Kids
Ha! Zur Feier des Internationalen Tag des Chamäleons hab ich ja sogar was beizutragen. 😁
Die beiden handgemalten #wandklex Originale sind derzeit im Klexshop auf www.wandklex.art/product/20-1... zu finden.
#herps #chameleons #internationalchameleonday #watercolor #art #artShop
Logo gotten from wildlife madagacar
As a biology master’s student, days like #InternationalChameleonDay remind me why I chose this path—studying life in its most adaptive forms.
Grateful for the species that teach us quiet resilience.
#BioSky #Science #Conservation #Herpetology
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"PÂTE DE VERRE PAPERWEIGHT CAMÉLÉON translucent glass" (seated green spotted chameleon on top of an ochre-colored rock) https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/PATE-DE-VERRE-PAPERWEIGHT--CAMELEON--/F6A2711976405130
"A chameleon-shaped tray low receptacle in yellow and orange glass paste, chameleon in shades of green with finely chiseled scales" https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/A-chameleon-shaped-tray/6E9E6476839A0CFA6547A9A0BDA9BFD9
"VIDE POCHE WITH CHAMELEON AND OLIVE BRANCH translucent glass" (chameleon sitting on edge is green with spots, tray base golden yellow) https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/VIDE-POCHE-WITH-CHAMELEON-AND-OLIVE-BRAN/2CC5270231A5D9FE
"This French pate-de-verre (glass paste) pendant...was made by Amalric Walter to designs of his friend Henri Berge at their glass studio in Nancy, Lorraine, which produced decorative glass objects for discerning clients between 1919-35. They excelled at using the complex technique of pate-de-verre casting, which they perfected while working at the Daum glassworks before WWI. They pressed layers of coloured glass granules into wax moulds before firing them the kiln. The technique offered endless colour combinations & Walter experimented with the chemicals used to colour the glass, even using uranium to achieve the bright yellow seen in this pendant. ... A distinctive characteristic was the use of naturalistic motifs which were becoming simpler as the modern Art Deco style began replacing Art Nouveau in the 1920s. Issued alongside chameleon paperweights & bowls, this pendant is an example of this stylistic transition." https://collection.powerhouse.com.au/object/170539
Topping off #InternationalChameleonDay with this collection of pâte de verre glass #chameleons by Amalric Walter (French, 1870-1959) & Henri Bergé (French, 1870-1937), all c.1920:
1. paperweight H8.5cm
2. tray (vide-poche) H8.5 x L15 x P11.2 cm
3. tray (vide-poche) L25.5cm
4. pendant 60x60mm
composite photo, 3 views of chameleon headdress: side view 1, side view 2, top down view Carved wooden effigy headdress depicting large chameleon with small (baby) chameleon on back “Despite its appearance and patina, this wonderful headdress, worn horizontally, shows no evidence of age or use and was probably made to be sold.” “The chameleon is abundantly represented in the art of Burkina Faso peoples (Bwa, Bobo, Lobi and Nuna). It is considered one of the original primordial creatures created by God. Chameleons are considered magical and powerful because of their ability to change color when aroused or frightened. Its deliberate manner of walking also makes it an animal to fear.”
#InternationalChameleonDay :
#Chameleon Headdress
Burkina Faso (Bobo style)
L27xH12.75in.
“The chameleon is abundantly represented in the art of Burkina Faso peoples (Bwa, Bobo, Lobi, Nuna). It is considered one of the original primordial creatures…”
www.hamillgallery.com/BOBO/BoboCha...
#AfricanArt
New on the blog for #InternationalChameleonDay : ANIMAL ART OF THE DAY for International Chameleon Day: Sean Kenney's Lego masterpiece arthistoryanimalia.com/2024/05/09/a...
!["A drawing of a chameleon on a branch, facing profile to left, with its eye swivelled back; the end of its tail is curled round a branch, and a pale stripe is at the corner of its mouth."
"In 1612 a consignment of animals and birds arrived at Jahangir’s court from Goa, and he ordered his artists to include ‘portraits’ of these beasts in his illuminated biography. This chameleon may have been one of the animals acquired in 1612. It has been identified as the flap-necked chameleon (Chamaeleo dilepis), a (usually) bright green species widely distributed throughout east Africa, and could have been bought as a curious pet by Portuguese traders on their voyages to India around the African coast. But the drawing does not show the occipital lobes as the back of its head, and is thus more likely Chamaelo zeylanicus [Indian chameleon], a closely related species distributed in India (information kindly supplied by Charles Klaver, 2011)."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l5pcfqdnvtivhxufycjnvzui/bafkreiev7xqgpvf4cfmihfxjcertohspxu2c2524ovu6nyd7oijzj5k6a4)
"A drawing of a chameleon on a branch, facing profile to left, with its eye swivelled back; the end of its tail is curled round a branch, and a pale stripe is at the corner of its mouth." "In 1612 a consignment of animals and birds arrived at Jahangir’s court from Goa, and he ordered his artists to include ‘portraits’ of these beasts in his illuminated biography. This chameleon may have been one of the animals acquired in 1612. It has been identified as the flap-necked chameleon (Chamaeleo dilepis), a (usually) bright green species widely distributed throughout east Africa, and could have been bought as a curious pet by Portuguese traders on their voyages to India around the African coast. But the drawing does not show the occipital lobes as the back of its head, and is thus more likely Chamaelo zeylanicus [Indian chameleon], a closely related species distributed in India (information kindly supplied by Charles Klaver, 2011)."
#InternationalChameleonDay :
Ustad Mansur (Indian, d.1624, fl.1590-1624)
A #Chameleon, 1612
Brush & ink with green bodycolor on discolored paper 11.0 x 13.8 cm
@RCT 912081 www.rct.uk/collection/s...
see ALT text for possible species ID notes...
color lithograph, illustration of two chameleons perched on branches in foliage, one green and one tan, portrait landscape
painting of two chameleons perched on branches in foliage, one blue and one green, landscape orientation
painting of three chameleons perched on branches in leafy foliage, one blue, one green, and one brown (with foliage/background behind each shifting along a gradient in similar matching tones), portrait orientation
#InternationalChameleonDay : Hans Christian Scherfig (Danish, 1905-1979)
1. Kameleoner [Livet i skoven], 1964
Lithograph in colors, 59×42 cm
2. Two Chameleons, 1950
Tempera on masonite, 25 x 44 cm
3. Chameleons III, 1950
Tempera on masonite, 25×50 cm mutualart.com/Artist/Hans-...
digital scan of color book plate, portrait orientation: illustration of 3 chameleons perched in foliage, one with tongue extended catching an insect, identified as Indian Chameleons - each with different colors/patterns (all earthtoned green/brown/tan)
digital scan of color book plate, portrait orientation: illustration of 3 chameleons perched in foliage, one with tongue extended catching an insect, identified as African Chameleons - each with different colors/patterns (all earthtoned green/brown/tan)
#InternationalChameleonDay:
1 Plate 1 in Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Wirbelthiere, 1867
🆔 Indian Chameleon (Chamaeleo zeylanicus)
2 "Sudanchamäleon" in Brehms Tierleben: Allgemeine kunde des Tierreichs, Bd.2, 1913
🆔 African Chameleon (Chamaeleo africanus)
via BHL
Title: Chamaeleo namaquensis (Namaqua chameleon) annotation: ‘Cameleon uit het Namaqua land.’ Object type: drawing Material: paper, ink, pencil, chalk Technique: pen / brush H 660mm × W 480mm
Title: Bradypodion pumilum (Cape dwarf chameleon) Object type: drawing annotation (possibly false): ‘Caapse Cameleon. van de vaste wal. / veel op het robben eiland’ Description: A Cape pygmy chameleon that is common on Robben Island. Material: paper, ink, pencil, chalk Technique: pen / brush H 660mm × W 480mm
Title(s): Bradypodion pumilum in three poses (Cape dwarf chameleon) Object type: drawing annotation: ‘Cameleon (links) vangende een vlieg. (rechts)’ Description: Three dwarf chameleons (Bradypodion pumilum), one of which has just caught a fly on its rolled-out tongue. Material: paper, ink, pencil, chalk Technique: pen / brush H 660mm × W 480mm
#InternationalChameleonDay:
#Chameleons by Robert Jacob Gordon (Dutch, 1743-1795), from The Gordon African Collection, 4 albums of illustrations made during his Cape Colony expeditions (1777-86).
www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collectio...
www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collectio...
www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collectio...
!["Stars is a wood engraving print created by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher in 1948, depicting two chameleons in a polyhedral cage floating through space."
"Two chameleons are contained within the cage-like shape of the central compound; Escher writes that they were chosen as its inhabitants 'because they are able to cling by their legs and tails to the beams of their cage as it swirls through space.' The chameleon on the left sticks out his tongue, perhaps in commentary; H. S. M. Coxeter observes that the tongue has an unusual spiral-shaped tip."
image via https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Stars/E3164EF63D912F92
image © The M.C. Escher Company B.V. - Baarn-Holland. [educational use]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l5pcfqdnvtivhxufycjnvzui/bafkreieqfjxvy4r3idlowwdguxyeldowkqsxwgpojgadsjmaxonb3xcbbu)
"Stars is a wood engraving print created by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher in 1948, depicting two chameleons in a polyhedral cage floating through space." "Two chameleons are contained within the cage-like shape of the central compound; Escher writes that they were chosen as its inhabitants 'because they are able to cling by their legs and tails to the beams of their cage as it swirls through space.' The chameleon on the left sticks out his tongue, perhaps in commentary; H. S. M. Coxeter observes that the tongue has an unusual spiral-shaped tip." image via https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Stars/E3164EF63D912F92 image © The M.C. Escher Company B.V. - Baarn-Holland. [educational use]
For #InternationalChameleonDay :
Maurits Cornelis Escher (Dutch, 1898-1972)
Stars, 1948
wood engraving on Japan paper, 32 x 26 cm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stars_(...
It's #InternationalChameleonDay! Chameleons can change colour, move their eyes independently, have prehensile tails ... and look like grumpy little old men!
Shown here: Jackson's chameleon, panther chameleon, Parson's chameleon, and veiled chameleon.
#lizards #reptiles #herps #animals
