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 ...

John James Audubon, renowned for his knowledge of the American wilderness was equally adept at the quintessential American activity of self-invention. After unsuccessful attempts at various ...

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 ...

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 lifelike ...

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 ...

FILE - 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 Jan. 1951 black and white photo, ...

The birding group has rebranded as NYC Bird Alliance because of John James Audubon’s connections to slavery. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Tuesday. We’ll look at a name change that has put a well ...

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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