Artist. Indelibly linked with the painting of birds, he was the son of a French sea captain and his Creole mistress. Educated in his father's native France, he had spent a disastrous year at a military school before studying art in Paris with preeminent painter Jacques-Louis David. At age 18 he emigrated to the United States, where he set out for the frontier. An excellent shot and horseman, Audubon could also dance with grace and perform parlor tricks, but his one obsession was painting birds. In the course of his travels, he co-owned a Kentucky sawmill with George Keats, brother of the famed English poet. This and various other business ventures ended in failure, however, for he subordinated everything to the pursuit of his art. His passion eventually rewarded him with fame and renown when "The Birds of North America" began publication in 1846. The celebrated artist-frontiersman later bought a tract of land along the Hudson River in upper Manhattan, and afterwards donated part of it for the cemetery in which he is now buried.
Artist. Indelibly linked with the painting of birds, he was the son of a French sea captain and his Creole mistress. Educated in his father's native France, he had spent a disastrous year at a military school before studying art in Paris with preeminent painter Jacques-Louis David. At age 18 he emigrated to the United States, where he set out for the frontier. An excellent shot and horseman, Audubon could also dance with grace and perform parlor tricks, but his one obsession was painting birds. In the course of his travels, he co-owned a Kentucky sawmill with George Keats, brother of the famed English poet. This and various other business ventures ended in failure, however, for he subordinated everything to the pursuit of his art. His passion eventually rewarded him with fame and renown when "The Birds of North America" began publication in 1846. The celebrated artist-frontiersman later bought a tract of land along the Hudson River in upper Manhattan, and afterwards donated part of it for the cemetery in which he is now buried.
Bio by: Nikita Barlow
Inscription
1892
A
O ALL YE BEASTS AND
CATTLE, BLESS YE THE
LORD; PRAISE HIM, AND
MAGNIFY HIM FOR EVER
Erected
To The Memory Of
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
In The Year 1893.
By Subscriptions Raised
By The
NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
O ALL YE FOWLS OF
THE AIR, BLESS YE THE
LORD; PRAISE HIM, AND
MAGNIFY HIM FOR EVER
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