John James Audubon - Wikipedia
WEBJohn James Audubon (born Jean-Jacques Rabin, April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was a French-American self-trained artist, naturalist, and ornithologist. His combined interests in art and ornithology turned into a plan to make a complete pictorial record of all the bird species of North America. [1] .
John James Audubon - Paintings, Facts & Life - Biography
WEBApr 2, 2014 · John James Audubon was an American ornithologist, naturalist and artist known for his studies and detailed illustrations of North American birds.
John James Audubon | Biography, Drawings, Books, & Facts
WEBJohn James Audubon (born April 26, 1785, Les Cayes, Saint-Domingue, West Indies [now in Haiti]—died January 27, 1851, New York, New York, U.S.) was an ornithologist, artist, and naturalist who became particularly well known …
John James Audubon | Audubon - National Audubon Society
WEBJohn James Audubon (1785-1851) was not the first person to attempt to paint and describe all the birds of America (Alexander Wilson has that distinction), but for half a century he was the young country’s dominant wildlife artist.
John J. Audubon’s Birds of America | Audubon - National Audubon …
WEBJohn James Audubon's Birds of America is a portal into the natural world. Printed between 1827 and 1838, it contains 435 life-size watercolors of North American birds (Havell edition), all reproduced from hand-engraved plates, and …
John James Audubon - National Gallery of Art
WEBJohn James Audubon. American, 1785 - 1851. Biography. Works of Art. Artist Bibliography. Biography. John James Audubon was born April 26, 1785, in Les Cayes, Santo Domingo (now Haiti), the illegitimate son of French sea captain …
John James Audubon: America’s Rare Bird - Smithsonian Magazine
WEBDec 1, 2004 · John James Audubon: America’s Rare Bird. The foreign-born frontiersman became one of the 19th century’s greatest wildlife artists and a hero of the ecology movement
The Birds of America - Wikipedia
WEBThe Birds of America is a book by naturalist and painter John James Audubon, containing illustrations of a wide variety of birds of the United States. It was first published as a series in sections between 1827 and 1838, in Edinburgh and London.
John James Audubon: Biography of Painter and Naturalist
WEBJan 17, 2020 · John James Audubon created a masterpiece of American art, a collection of paintings titled Birds of America published in a series of four enormous volumes from 1827 to 1838. Besides being a remarkable painter, Audubon was a great naturalist, and his visual art and writing helped inspire the conservation movement.
John James Audubon | John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove
WEBAudubon discovered 25 new species and 12 new subspecies. Here's a great article with even more information regarding the history of John James Audubon.
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