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M.S. Rau
New Orleans / Aspen
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John James Audubon
(
American
, 1785–1851)
John James Audubon
Long Haired Squirrel,
ca. 1841
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1785
Born in Les Cayes, Santo Domingo (Haiti) on April 26
1795 - 1796
Audubon was the student of Jacques-Louis David in Paris
1803
Sent to manage Mill Grove in America
1810
Met Alexander Wilson
1819 - 1826
Earned a living making chalk likenesses
1819
Jailed briefly for debt
1820
Worked as a taxidermist
1822
Took oil painting lessons from John Stein
1831 - 1839
Published his Ornithological Biography in five volumes
1838
Completed The Birds of America
1845 - 1848
The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America is printed
1851
Died in New York, NY on January 27
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Exhibitions
2009
Audubon at Illinois: Selections from the University Library's Birds of America, Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, Champaign, IL (solo)
John James Audobon: American Artist and Naturalist, Ella Sharp Museum of Art and History, Jackson, MI (solo)
