Briefly tells the story of this nineteenth-century painter and naturalist who is most famous for his detailed paintings of birds.
The drawings John James Audubon made during the decade he reinvented himself as a naturalist and artist are published together in this volume for the first time in large format and full color.
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Combining meticulous scholarship with the dramatic life story of a naturalist and pioneer, Audubon reexamines the artist's journals and letters to tell the story of Audubon's quest, the origins of the American spirit, and the sacrifice that ...
Audubon: The Kentucky Years is the captivating account of Audubon's sojourn in Kentucky from his arrival in in 1807 as a gregarious twenty-two-year-old storekeeper to his departure in 1819, when his failure in business was about to force ...
A biography of the great naturalist, explorer, and artist, illustrated with reproductions of his original watercolors and engravings from published editions of his works.
Combining meticulous scholarship with the dramatic life story of a naturalist and pioneer, Audubon reexamines the artist's journals and letters to tell the story of Audubon's quest, the origins of the American spirit, and the sacrifice that ...
This overlooked chapter in his life comes alive in this volume, as Audubon faces a difficult test while the fate of his "Great Work" hangs in the balance.