John James Audubon
| John James Audubon | |
|---|---|
1826 | |
| Personlig information | |
| Pseudonym | Audubon, John James Laforest, Audubon, Jean Jacques Fougère  |
| Født | Jean‐Jacques Rabin 26. april 1785 Les Cayes, Haiti |
| Død | 27. januar 1851 (65 år) New York City, New York, USA |
| Gravsted | Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum |
| Bopæl | USA |
| Mor | Jeanne Rabine |
| Ægtefælle | Lucy Audubon |
| Børn | Lucy Audubon, Rose Audubon, John Woodhouse Audubon, Victor Gifford Audubon |
| Uddannelse og virke | |
| Elev af | Alexander Wilson |
| Medlem af | Royal Society of Edinburgh (fra 1827), Royal Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, The Linnean Society of London |
| Beskæftigelse | Kunstmaler, gravør, ornitolog, bygningstegner, naturvidenskabsmand, videnskabelig illustrator, botaniker, fotograf, zoolog, skribent med flere |
| Fagområde | Ornitologi |
| Arbejdssted | Pennsylvania, Edinburgh, London |
| Kendte værker | Osprey and the Otter and the Salmon, Birds of America |
| Genre | Landskabsmaleri, dyremaleri |
| Bevægelse | Naturalisme |
| Signatur | |
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John James Audubon (født 26. april 1785, død 27. januar 1851) var en amerikansk ornitolog og maler.
Audubon uddannede sig i sin første ungdom som maler i Paris under Jacques-Louis David, levede derefter som farmer i Pennsylvania og drev ivrig ornitologiske studier. 1826 drog han til Europa, stiftede her bekendtskab med datidens første naturforskere og påbegyndte udgivelsen af sine fortrinlige kolorerede tegninger af amerikanske fugle: Birds of America (London 1828-39, fire bind med 435 tavler). 1829 vendte Audubon tilbage til Amerika og skrev, som tekst til førnævnte tegninger American ornithological biography (Philadelphia 1831-39, fem bind). Efter et andet besøg i Europa slog han sig ned på Manhattan ved New York og påbegyndte her et billedværk over Amerikas pattedyr (The quadrupeds of America (Boston 1843-49, tre bind), til hvilket teksten Biography of American quadrupeds (Philadelphia 1846-50) til dels skyldes John Bachman.
Illustrationer fra Birds of America
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Kilder
- Audubon, John James i Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (2. udgave, 1915)
Litteratur
- Life and adventures of Audubon by himself, udgivet af Buchanan,2. Oplag, London, 1869
- Life of Audubon, udgivet af hans enke, New York, 1869
- Saint John, Audubon, the naturalist of the New World, London, 1856
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Great-footed Hawk (Audubon).jpg
Plate 16 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Great-footed Hawk.
Plate 16 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Great-footed Hawk.
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Blue-winged Yellow Warbler (Audubon).jpg
Plate 20 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Blue-winged Yellow Warbler.
Plate 20 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Blue-winged Yellow Warbler.
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Selby's Flycatcher (Audubon).jpg
Plate 9 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Selby's Flycatcher.
Plate 9 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Selby's Flycatcher.
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Plate 2 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Yellow-billed Cuckoo.
Plate 2 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Yellow-billed Cuckoo.
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Bonaparte's Flycatcher (Audubon).jpg
Plate 5 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Bonaparte's Flycatcher.
Plate 5 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Bonaparte's Flycatcher.
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White-throated Sparrow (Audubon).jpg
Plate 8 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting White throated Sparrow.
Plate 8 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting White throated Sparrow.
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Blue Yellow-backed Warbler (Audubon).jpg
Plate 15 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Blue Yellow-backed Warbler.
Plate 15 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Blue Yellow-backed Warbler.
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Plate 3 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Prothonotary Warbler.
Plate 3 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Prothonotary Warbler.
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Purple Finch (Audubon).jpg
Plate 4 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Purple Finch.
Plate 4 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Purple Finch.
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Baltimore Oriole (Audubon).jpg
Plate 12 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Baltimore Oriole.
Plate 12 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Baltimore Oriole.
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Louisiana Water Thrush (Audubon).jpg
Plate 19 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Louisiana Water Thrush.
Plate 19 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Louisiana Water Thrush.
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Bewick's Wren (Audubon).jpg
Plate 18 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Bewick's Wren.
Plate 18 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Bewick's Wren.
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Plate 1 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Wild Turkey.
- Notes: Engraved from painting made by John James Audubon at Beechwoods Plantation, Feliciana Parish (now West Feliciana Parish), Louisiana 1825.
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Brown Titlark (Audubon).jpg
Plate 10 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Brown Titlark (now American Pipit).
Plate 10 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Brown Titlark (now American Pipit).
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Carolina Turtle Dove (Audubon).jpg
Plate 17 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Carolina Turtle Dove.
Plate 17 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Carolina Turtle Dove.
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Prairie Warbler (Audubon).jpg
Plate 14 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Prairie Warbler.
Plate 14 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Prairie Warbler.
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Purple Grackle or Common Crow Blackbird (Audubon).jpg
Plate 7 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Purple Grakle or Common Crow Blackbird.
Plate 7 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Purple Grakle or Common Crow Blackbird.
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Bird of Washington (Audubon).jpg
Plate 11 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Bird of Washington. Originally claimed by Audubon to be a different, significantly bigger, already very rare species, most subsequent ornithologists generally considered it was a misidentified juvenile Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus. However, recent detailed investigation (Halley, M. R. 2020, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 140 (2): 110-141) has shown it to be a case of scientific fraud, based not on a specimen as Audubon claimed, but by copying older drawings of other smaller eagles. His motive is thought to be to raise funds for and interest in his forthcoming Birds of America book.
Plate 11 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Bird of Washington. Originally claimed by Audubon to be a different, significantly bigger, already very rare species, most subsequent ornithologists generally considered it was a misidentified juvenile Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus. However, recent detailed investigation (Halley, M. R. 2020, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 140 (2): 110-141) has shown it to be a case of scientific fraud, based not on a specimen as Audubon claimed, but by copying older drawings of other smaller eagles. His motive is thought to be to raise funds for and interest in his forthcoming Birds of America book.