Personality · Visual arts · Literature
Naturalist · Photographer · Writer · Zoologist · Painter · Ornithologist
- Naturalism
- Landscape painting
- Animal painting
📍 Birthplace Les Cayes
April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851
Haiti
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John James Audubon was a French-American artist, entrepreneur, naturalist, explorer, and ornithologist. His combined interests in painting and ornithology turned into a plan to make a complete pictorial record of all the bird species of North America. He was notable for his extensive studies of American birds and for his detailed illustrations, which were engraved in Scotland and England for a large-format color-plate (intaglio) book titled The Birds of America (1827–1838), and five volumes of accompanying text entitled Ornithological Biography (1831–1839).
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Main works
- The Birds of AmericaThe Birds of America · 1827
- Bewick's wrenBewick's wren · 1827
- The Birds of America; from original drawingThe Birds of America; from original drawing · 1827
- Ornithological Biography, or an account of the habits of the birds of the United States of AmericaOrnithological Biography, or an account of the habits of the birds of the United States of America · 1831
- A synopsis of the birds of North AmericaA synopsis of the birds of North America · 1839
- The Birds of America (1839 edition)The Birds of America (1839 edition) · 1839
- The Birds of America (1844 edition)The Birds of America (1844 edition) · 1844
- The viviparous quadrupeds of North AmericaThe viviparous quadrupeds of North America · 1846
- The viviparous quadrupeds of North AmericaThe viviparous quadrupeds of North America · 1846
- The quadrupeds of North America Vol. IIThe quadrupeds of North America Vol. II · 1849
- The quadrupeds of North America Vol. IThe quadrupeds of North America Vol. I · 1849
- The quadrupeds of North AmericaThe quadrupeds of North America · 1851
Covers: Open Library and Cover Art Archive, where available; other titles are shown without their cover.
Career
- 1827The Birds of AmericaWork
- 1827Bewick's wrenWork
- 1827The Birds of America; from original drawingWork
- 1831Ornithological Biography, or an account of the habits of the birds of the United States of AmericaWork
- 1839A synopsis of the birds of North AmericaWork
- 1839The Birds of America (1839 edition)Work
- 1844The Birds of America (1844 edition)Work
- 1846The viviparous quadrupeds of North AmericaWork
- 1846The viviparous quadrupeds of North AmericaWork
- 1849The quadrupeds of North America Vol. IIWork
- 1849The quadrupeds of North America Vol. IWork
- 1851The quadrupeds of North AmericaWork
Places
- Birthplace
- Les Cayes
- Languages
- French, English
Official links and sources
Information from
- Wikidata, Q182882 (CC0)
- Photo: John Syme, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons