Tony Angell
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Angell in 2014
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| Born | 1940 Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | bird illustration, sculpture |
| Awards | V&A Illustration Awards, 2006 |
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Tony Angell is an American wildlife artist and writer. He has lived in Seattle, Washington, since 1959.
Angell was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1940. His father was a private eye, and his mother a painter and teacher. Angell grew up in the San Fernando Valley. He went to Seattle in 1959 on an athletics scholarship and obtained BA and MA degrees from the University of Washington.
Angell was head of the Office of Environmental Education of the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction of Washington State for over thirty years. He was active in the Nature Conservancy, with time as chairman and as a member of the board of its Washington State chapter.
Angell has written and illustrated several books, predominantly about birds, and has provided illustrations for others. His illustrations for In the Company of Crows and Ravens won the V&A Illustration Awards in 2006.
He makes sculptures in bronze and stone and has shown them regularly for some forty years. He has worked in chlorite, granite, marble, sandstone, serpentine, slate and soapstone. Museums holding his work include the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, the Gilcrease Museum of Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
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