John James Audubon
French-American artist and naturalist
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John James Audubon 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. Wikipedia
Born: April 26, 1785, Les Cayes, Haiti
Died: January 27, 1851 (age 65 years), New York, NY
Children: John Woodhouse Audubon, Victor Gifford Audubon, and Lucy Audubon
Parents: Jeanne Rabin and Jean Audubon
Spouse: Lucy Audubon (m. 1808–1851)
Citizenship: France; United States
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Audubon spent more than a decade as a businessman, traveling down the Ohio River to western Kentucky—then the frontier—and setting up a dry-goods store in ...
John James Audubon was a French-American self-trained artist, naturalist, and ornithologist. His combined interests in art and ornithology turned into a ...
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Inspired and captivated by his new surroundings, Audubon became a pioneer in portraying birds and other wildlife in natural settings. During his time at Mill ...
John 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 ...
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Posted: Jun 26, 2019
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With his assistant Joseph Mason, a young artist specializing in plants and insects, he journeyed from Cincinnati to New Orleans and Natchez. In 1822 Audubon ...
John James Audubon, ornithologist, artist, and naturalist who became particularly well known for his drawings and paintings of North American birds.
John James Audubon was an American ornithologist, naturalist and artist known for his studies and detailed illustrations of North American birds.
Jul 25, 2007 · John James Audubon is best known for The Birds of America, a book of portraits of every bird then known in the United States.