John James Laforest Audubon PRICE CHARTS
1785 Les Cayes, Haiti - 1851 New York City. Known for: Birds and other wildlife sketching, portrait painting.
Leslie Kostrich, a professional dealing in Audubon prints, has contributed to the following biography. One of America's first wildlife artists, John Audubon has a name synonymous with conservation,... Read full biography
Leslie Kostrich, a professional dealing in Audubon prints, has contributed to the following biography. One of America's first wildlife artists, John Audubon has a name synonymous with conservation, but his realization about protecting the environment came late in his lifetime. He was an avid... Read full biography
Leslie Kostrich, a professional dealing in Audubon prints, has contributed to the following biography. One of America's first wildlife artists, John Audubon has a name synonymous with conservation, but his realization about protecting the environment came late in his lifetime. He was an avid hunter, who killed the specimens depicted in his publications, but his in-depth studies have left a strong awareness of the beauties and complexities of nature. Audubon was born in Santa Domingo, now Haiti,... Read full biography
Leslie Kostrich, a professional dealing in Audubon prints, has contributed to the following biography. One of America's first wildlife artists, John Audubon has a name synonymous with conservation, but his realization about protecting the environment came late in his lifetime. He was an avid hunter, who killed the specimens depicted in his publications, but his in-depth studies have left a strong awareness of the beauties and complexities of nature. Audubon was born in Santa Domingo, now Haiti, of a French Chambermaid mother, Jeanne Rabin, and French father, Jean Audubon, who was a successful naval officer, merchant, planter, and slave dealer. They traveled on the same ship to Haiti in October, 1783. In France, where he was taken at age 4,... Read full biography
Leslie Kostrich, a professional dealing in Audubon prints, has contributed to the following biography. One of America's first wildlife artists, John Audubon has a name synonymous with conservation, but his realization about protecting the environment came late in his lifetime. He was an avid hunter, who killed the specimens depicted in his publications, but his in-depth studies have left a strong awareness of the beauties and complexities of nature. Audubon was born in Santa Domingo, now Haiti, of a French Chambermaid mother, Jeanne Rabin, and French father, Jean Audubon, who was a successful naval officer, merchant, planter, and slave dealer. They traveled on the same ship to Haiti in October, 1783. In France, where he was taken at age 4, the young Audubon was educated among the upper classes. By age 15, he was drawing French birds, and by... Read full biography
