Václav Frič

The 2005 study that was executed in cooperation with Taťjána Spunarová  (see article) induced contacts.
A Scandinavian anthropologist with an interest in pre-modern whaling, asked for details about the provenance of the whale that Frič  procured around 1885 and then installed in the Czech National Museum. Taťjána helped him.
A master student of the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris looked into the fluid preserved skeletons from Frič' natural history business. He developed a method to evaluate these objects and so he delivered a solid overview..
In Sydney, the Australian museum keeps a handwritten catalogue of crystal models offered by Frič, his printed Foraminifers catalogue and also a set of Blaschka glass models. In the past I have helped this Museum in editing the web text that introduces these models.

Early glass models, detail from a larger watercolour from 1999

Klasse, Orndung, Art: 200 Jahre Museum für Naturkunde

Die Jubiläumsausstellung des Museums für Naturkunde zu Berlin (Humboldt Universität) wird gefeiert mit der Ausstellung “Klasse, Orndung, Art”. Diese ist bis zum Ostern 2011 verlängert worden. Das wundevoll illustrierte Begleitbuch sowie die Ausstellung präsentierten die Glasmodelle von Blaschka recht glorios.

Ich skizziere / Me, sketching  (6/4/2011)

sketches in  pencil (2011)

Class, Order, Species
The bicentenary of the Museum für Naturkunde (Berlin, Humboldt University) is celebrated with the exhibition “Klasse, Ordnung, Art”. The show is extended until Easter 2011. In the accompanying beautifully illustrated publication as well as in the exhibition itself, the Blaschka glass models are presented gloriously.