Setting out to capture in paintings the avian life of a continent, John James Audubon (1785-1851) was nothing if not audacious. His “The Birds of America” aspired to be not only beautiful and ...

John James Audubon was an American artist and naturalist best known for his detailed paintings of North American birds. View John James Audubon’s 6,555 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, ...

Keywords John James Audubon, ornithologist, painter, birds, nature, wildlife, "The Birds of America," American history, legacy, preservation. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks ...

John James Audubon is known as many things: a tenacious birder, a compelling painter, an enslaver who might himself have been a man of color.

John James Audubon was an American artist and naturalist best known for his detailed paintings of North American birds.Audubon’s color-plate book The Birds of America (1827–1839), is widely acclaimed ...