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| John James Audubon
American 1785 -1851
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| Born: |
Les Cayes, Haiti
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| Died: |
New York, New York, United States
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| Addresses: |
France
Kentucky, United States
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Washington Heights, New York, United States
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| Instructors: |
Jacques-Louis David
John Stein
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| Exhibited: |
National Academy of Design
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| Specialty: |
Painter
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| Style/School: |
Naturalism
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| Subjects Known For: |
Animal / Wildlife
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| Memberships: |
National Academy of Design Honorary 1833
Linnean Society
Royal Society
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"My birds, my beloved birds of America, fill all my time and nearly all my thoughts!". Thus wrote John James Audubon, creator of The Birds of America (1827-1838), a landmark in ornithology and one of the most sought-after documents in American art.
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John Audubon was born in 1785 in Les Cayes, Haiti. He is the foremost painter of wildlife to date. He had been a bird collector as a boy but undertook the role of shop owner until the age of 35. At this point, Audubon began systematically recording birds in watercolor across the Northeast. He c...
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