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 ]
11 Facts About John James Audubon - Mental Floss
WEBYou might be familiar with the name John James Audubon from the bird conservation-focused Audubon Society—which he had nothing to do with founding—or the famous illustrations in his...
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 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 for …
John James Audubon (1785-1851) - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
WEBNature still nurses her, cherishes her, but a tear flows in her eye. John James Audubon was born in Saint Domingue (Haiti) in 1785, the illegitimate child of a French plantation owner and his mistress.
John James Audubon - Discover Lewis & Clark
WEBOriginal size, 8 x 4 in. Between 1839 and 1852, already famous for his beautiful paintings in The Birds of America (4 vols., 1827–38), John James Audubon (1785–1851), aided by his sons John Woodhouse and Victor, and the naturalist John Bachman, [5] published the 3-volume Quadrupeds of North America.
John James Audubon · Backyard Birds: North American …
WEBJohn James Audubon, born Jean Rabin in April, 1785, was a naturally born naturalist, demonstrating a deep interest in wildlife from a very young age. As a child, he spent much of his time studying the sky, observing large varieties of birds in Saint-Domingue, a French colony in modern-day Haiti.
John James Audubon – NCMALearn
WEBSharing the reverence for nature of his contemporaries, the Hudson River School painters, Audubon broke away from the tradition of isolating birds in stiff profile. In his stunning watercolor studies, he concerned himself with the distinguishing characteristics of shape, plumage, and habit.
Audubon, John James - Encyclopedia.com
WEBJun 27, 2018 · John James Audubon. The work of American artist and ornithologist John James Audubon (1785-1851) was the culmination of the work of natural history artists who tried to portray specimens directly from nature. He …