It’s a high-flying success story: A self-taught artist and immigrant defies the odds to create what is now one of the most prized illustrated books in the world, worth an estimated $8 million to $12 ...

Why Mary Katrantzou admires Audubon's illustrations, an Issey Miyake bodice and the rainbow flag. By Nicole Acheampong The birding group has rebranded as NYC Bird Alliance because of John James ...

Years ago, when working in Chicago, I would occasionally drift into an art gallery in the Wrigley Building that specialized in the works of John James Audubon. The big, beautiful paintings filled me ...

John James Audubon is best known for The Birds of America, a book of 435 images, portraits of every bird then known in the United States – painted and reproduced in the size of life. Its creation cost ...

In December — a prime season for those big coffee table books that shoppers like to give as gifts — maybe we should raise a glass to bird artist John James Audubon, who helped popularize the genre ...

After 121 years of environmental advocacy, the group formerly known as Portland Audubon is changing its name to the “Bird Alliance of Oregon.” The conservation group took its original name from John ...

HENDERSON, Ky. – Famed ornithologist John James Audubon would feel right at home at the quaint, wooded state park that bears his name. It’s likely that Audubon, who spent nearly 10 years in this Ohio ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Renovations and construction at the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove site have led to ...

One of the last things that child tells Ruth is that “Imagination only fails us in the end, when the stories we tell ...

It's easy to slip into hyperbole when looking at John James Audubon's The Birds of America. Is it the most beautiful book ever produced? I don't know: Was Helen the most beautiful woman in ancient ...

John James Audubon (1785–1851) was born in Les Cayes, Saint-Domingue (now Haiti), to Jean Audubon, a French naval officer, and Jeanne Rabine, a Creole woman of mixed heritage. After his mother’s death ...