Bosuil Strix Aluco in Boom door Basil Ede.

Mooie kunstdruk van Bosuil door Basil Ede. Grootte 28,5 bij 22,5 cm. In perfecte staat.

Basil Ede (12 February 1931—29 September 2016) was an English wildlife artist specialising in avian portraiture, noted for the ornithological precision of his paintings.
Basil Ede was born 12 February 1931 in Surrey. Ede's interest in drawing began early in life. As a schoolboy growing up during the Second World War, he filled his exercise books with sketches of military aircraft and caricatures of his school teachers. He was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead. He later attended Kingston School of Art. However, in 1949, he was called up for military service in the British Army.
Initially he trained as a Gunner with The Royal Artillery, but after being selected to attend the Mons Officer Cadet School he was commissioned into the RASC, serving as Second Lieutenant and then Lieutenant . On leaving the army at the end of 1951, Ede joined the Merchant Navy, and he set sail on his maiden voyage as a purser on board Orient Line's Empire Orwell in early 1952. The ship's established route was between Southampton and Japan, via Suez, Aden, Columbo, Hong Kong, Singapore and Pusan. In addition to these duties, the ship was at this time deployed to help transport British troops and equipment to and from the Korean War. Ede was to become fascinated by the Far East and in particular by its art. This was undoubtedly to have an influence on his later work. Coming ashore for good, Ede joined Cunard Line as a young executive in 1956. By now he spent most of his spare time painting and negotiating with galleries and publishers. His employers, far from being annoyed, actually commissioned him to design a series of covers for their first class menu cards on the RMS Queen Elizabeth and RMS Queen Mary. In 1964 Ede left Cunard and became a full time artist.

De bosuil (Strix aluco) is een stevig gebouwde, middelgrote uilensoort die zich meestal in dichte bossen ophoudt.
De bosuil is een typische nachtvogel die op verschillende diersoorten jaagt, voornamelijk kleine knaagdieren. Bosuilen jagen door zich van een tak te laten vallen om geruisloos hun prooi te grijpen, die ze meestal geheel doorslikken. In stedelijke gebieden bestaat het dieet ook uit kleine vogels; in droge subtropen vangen bosuilen ook ongewervelde dieren zoals insecten. Hun gezichtsvermogen en goede gehoor maken bosuilen uitstekende jagers.
De bosuil is zeer territoriaal. Veel jonge bosuilen verhongeren als ze geen geschikt territorium kunnen vinden zodra de ouderlijke zorg stopt. Hoewel veel mensen denken dat deze uil een uitzonderlijk nachtzicht heeft, is zijn netvlies niet gevoeliger dan dat van een mens. De asymmetrisch geplaatste oren en het uitstekende directionele gehoor zijn de sleutel tot zijn jachtsucces. Door de karakteristieke roep worden bosuilen vaak geassocieerd met pech en dood.

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