Posts Tagged ‘John James Audubon’

In the Footsteps of Audubon by Denis Clavreul From Princeton University Press: In the nineteenth century, ornithologist and painter John James Audubon set out to create a complete pictorial record of North American birdlife, traveling from Louisiana and the Florida Keys to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the cliffs of the Yellowstone River. The […]

Audubon at Sea: The Coastal and Transatlantic Adventures of John James Audubon edited by Christoph Irmscher and Richard J. King From University of Chicago Press: The American naturalist John James Audubon (1785–1851) is widely remembered for his iconic paintings of American birdlife. But as this anthology makes clear, Audubon was also a brilliant writer—and his […]

Audubon: America’s Greatest Naturalist and His Voyage of Discovery to Labrador by Peter B. Logan From Ashbryn Press: The Birds of America. One man’s dream to illustrate and publish a work depicting all the birds of North America. Midway through the nearly twelve-year project, the French-American painter and naturalist John James Audubon was beset by […]

I love the paintings of John James Audubon. I’ve long thrilled to see his works in various books, and have even been fortunate enough to gaze upon a selection of plates from the first editions. But never did it occur to me that his original watercolors could still exist. That is, until about three years […]