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 ...

In December — a prime season for those big coffee table books that shoppers like to give as gifts — maybe we should raise a glass to bird artist John James Audubon, who helped popularize the genre ...

John James Audubon, the pioneer field biologist and great bird artist of his time, who created the incomparable anthology "Birds Of America", is seen in this January 1951 photo, taken from an 1851 ...

John James Audubon, naturalist and artist famous for his drawings and paintings of North American birds, died at his home in New York City on Jan. 27, 1851. He was 65. Audubon was born April 26, 1785 ...

I’ve been a longtime admirer of John James Audubon’s classic paintings of wildlife and birds of America. My husband and I just recently toured the Crystal Bridges American Art Museum in Bentonville, ...

John James had been born Jean Rabin, his father’s bastard child, in 1785 on Jean Audubon’s sugar plantation on Saint Domingue (soon to be renamed Haiti). His mother was a 27- year-old French ...

Art for Science's Sake: Stalking John James Audubon is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire ...

He lied about his birthplace, his parentage and his artistic training. He was a shameless self-promoter... and the creator of one of the most respected works of American art and natural history. We ...

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John James Audubon (1785–1851) was an American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter known for his studies and illustrations of North American birds. Born in Haiti and raised in France, he moved to ...