John James Audubon1785 — 1851

Friend of the birds

Friend of the birds

Born onApril 26, 1785
Died onJanuary 27, 1851
Country of birthHaiti
Worked inUnited States
movementsThe Enlightenment

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Arctic Tern

Arctic Tern

American Flamingo

American Flamingo

Bonapartian Gull

Bonapartian Gull

Iceland, or Jer Falcon

Iceland, or Jer Falcon

Long-tailed, or Dusky Grous

Long-tailed, or Dusky Grous

Puffin

Puffin

Snowy Owl

Snowy Owl

Summer Red Bird

Summer Red Bird

Warbling Flycatcher

Warbling Flycatcher

A pacifist paints lions and leopards

Guardian of the old ways

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres John James Audubon

Visionary promoter of photography

Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre

Nudes teach you everything you need to know (to paint landscapes)

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot 1900

The artists of The Enlightenment

Charles Darwin

Portrait of Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin — The art of seeing

Ernst Haeckel

Portrait of Ernst Haeckel

Ernst Haeckel — The beautiful weirdness of nature

John James Audubon

Portrait of John James Audubon

John James Audubon — Friend of the birds

Maria Sibylla Merian

Portrait of Maria Sibylla Merian

Maria Sibylla Merian — A botanist gets a divorce and travels the world

James Nasmyth

Portrait of James Nasmyth

James Nasmyth — The inventor of the steam hammer maps the moon