John james audubon artist biography

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John James Audubon was born April 26, , in Les Cayes, Santo Domingo (now Haiti), the illegitimate son of French sea captain Jean Audubon and a servant, Jeanne Rabine.

john james audubon artist biography

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John James Audubon (Jean-Jacques Audubon) (April 26, – January 27, ) was a French-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter.

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American artist and ornithologist (one who studies birds) John James Audubon was a leading natural history artist who made drawings of birds directly from nature.


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John James Audubon () was not the first person to attempt to paint and describe all the birds of America (Alexander Wilson has that distinction), but for half a century he was the young country’s dominant wildlife artist.