John James Audubon
(1785–1851) French-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter (1785–1851)
John James Audubon (USA, 1785–1851) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a draughtsman, and a photographer. By year of birth, John James Audubon belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
John James Audubon was born in Les Cayes and died in New York City. John James Audubon studied under Alexander Wilson. John James Audubon worked in Pennsylvania, London, and Edinburgh. Wikidata associates John James Audubon with Naturalism. John James Audubon became a member of Royal Society of London, American Philosophical Society, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
The best-known works include ‘Osprey and the Otter and the Salmon’ and ‘The Birds of America’. The works belong mainly to the genres animal painting and landscape painting. The catalogue has 27 works by John James Audubon with free images. The dated works span the years 1812–1860. Works by John James Audubon are held by several collections, among them National Gallery of Art, Vanderbilt Museum of Art, drawings in the National Gallery of Art, and Victoria Gallery & Museum.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Thomas Sully, Rubens Peale, Giovanni Migliara, Ferdinand Olivier, and Georg Friedrich Kersting.