tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post1767226000842315295..comments2024-03-28T20:35:00.265+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Jean-Jacques Audubon: naturalist and artistHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-54400099836638834372011-11-13T14:38:49.497+11:002011-11-13T14:38:49.497+11:00I will draw your attention to a new book published...I will draw your attention to a new book published this year (2011) by Uni of Nebraska Press:<br />"John James Audubon's Journal of 1826", edited by Daniel Patterson. <br /><br />1826 was the definitive year in Audubon's career when he gambled his family's future on succeeding abroad.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-36605519857169667062011-02-16T03:05:02.585+11:002011-02-16T03:05:02.585+11:00canvas artwork
true true. It was stunning because...canvas artwork<br /><br />true true. It was stunning because he studied the birds in amazing detail. I have never heard of any other artist to going to such endless care, to get the birds in flight, in nests, feeding, swimming etc.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-37332091716092109252011-02-16T01:42:13.091+11:002011-02-16T01:42:13.091+11:00its was difficult times but the art produced was a...its was difficult times but the art produced was another level for its timecanvas artworkhttp://www.personalcanvasprints.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-47636857663789577002011-02-14T20:56:28.246+11:002011-02-14T20:56:28.246+11:00Joseph
I like the description of JJ Audubon that ...Joseph <br />I like the description of JJ Audubon that said he dressed as a woodsman and let his hair grow long, during his stay in Britain. It sounds exactly like the Kentucky State Park, named for him.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-90550450254520472092011-02-14T16:29:04.808+11:002011-02-14T16:29:04.808+11:00I am so glad they built the John James Audubon Sta...I am so glad they built the John James Audubon State Park in that part of Kentucky. It is very wild country.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07701188167981018244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-44884443256347129902011-02-14T08:43:00.406+11:002011-02-14T08:43:00.406+11:00columnist,
I think that is the beauty of history a...columnist,<br />I think that is the beauty of history and art history blogs. You don't have to read a PhD thesis of 100,000 words, to keep at least in touch with major events/works. I may not look at Audubon again, but at least I am familiar with his life and times now.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-90697774537998886002011-02-14T08:40:30.335+11:002011-02-14T08:40:30.335+11:00Hermes,
I hear you.
The most magnificent books I ...Hermes,<br />I hear you.<br /><br />The most magnificent books I have ever seen were medieval manuscripts where the text and the illuminations were equally spectacular. But apparently the market suggests that Audubon's works are more important, at least financially speaking.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-87018090363093073972011-02-13T20:17:34.197+11:002011-02-13T20:17:34.197+11:00Thanks Hels, that is a wonderfully illuminating po...Thanks Hels, that is a wonderfully illuminating potted history. I come across works by Audubon at auction - usually prints and whilst I find them pretty, they are not on my particular radar for works of art. The prices of the originals are indeed amazingly high.columnisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764365428633038329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-14024464724346149382011-02-12T20:59:14.697+11:002011-02-12T20:59:14.697+11:00http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/sep/09...http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/sep/09/sothebys-books-sale-lord-hesketh<br /><br />How this be dearer than say a Caxton? I think the most beautiful book in the world is the Kelmscott Chaucer.Hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-21304568485965400042011-02-12T11:16:14.932+11:002011-02-12T11:16:14.932+11:00M
Interesting question. I put "naturalist&quo...M<br />Interesting question. I put "naturalist" in the heading before "artist" because he struck me as having a scientific interest in birds first. But my decision wasn't evidence-based.<br /><br />Alexander Wilson wrote American Ornithology, a nine volume set that was published from 1808-14. He was a Scottish man who moved to the USA several decades before Audubon - I wonder if Wilson had any influence on Audubon's art.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-35270814600403154792011-02-12T11:06:31.135+11:002011-02-12T11:06:31.135+11:00Hermes,
nod... I didn't know the background e...Hermes,<br /><br />nod... I didn't know the background either.. my knowledge about bird art was previously limited to the Gould League. But that catalogue got me searching every art book I could lay my hands on.<br /><br />By the way, did you notice that Audubon’s Birds of America sold for £7,321,250, an eye wateringly high price *sigh*Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-5988891430976728522011-02-12T11:01:27.246+11:002011-02-12T11:01:27.246+11:00andrew,
this was a part of the world I knew very l...andrew,<br />this was a part of the world I knew very little about. But when Audubon moved to Britain to publish and sell his work, the Brits were impressed with the utterly different landscapes and exotic fauna. If he had been an artist in New York or Chicago, the magic may not have been the same.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-40815514686527090342011-02-12T04:24:50.970+11:002011-02-12T04:24:50.970+11:00Great post! Audubon has always interested me, espe...Great post! Audubon has always interested me, especially since he didn't have much training in art (from what I understand). Did you find any discussion about any other types of training, apart from his time with D'Orbigny?Alberti's Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17060586087447314960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-24406571023896693122011-02-12T01:24:47.777+11:002011-02-12T01:24:47.777+11:00I saw the auction catalogue and loved it but didn&...I saw the auction catalogue and loved it but didn't know the background. What a talent and observational skill.Hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-84988553038595891382011-02-12T00:37:47.197+11:002011-02-12T00:37:47.197+11:00Great post. I love John James Audubon and his work...Great post. I love John James Audubon and his work as he was a Creole and lived and worked in Mobile, AL and New Orleans both places I have lived.andrew1860https://www.blogger.com/profile/09302166776668727094noreply@blogger.com