Longmont, CO.- The Longmont Museum is proud to present an exhibition of 64 prints from Audubon’s first edition “The Birds of America”, plus four large animal prints from his later Imperial Quadrupeds edition and prints from later editions and seve…
New Britain, CT.- Until July 3rd 2011 the New Britain Museum of American Art’s McKernan Gallery features ‘An American Odyssey: The Warner Collection of American Art’. The exhibition is composed of works from the personal collection of Jonathan “…
LONDON (AP).- It’s quite a nest egg. John James Audubon’s “Birds of America,” a rare blend of art, natural history and craftsmanship, fetched more than $10 million at auction on Tuesday, making it the world’s most expensive published book. With its 43…
LONDON.- Moments ago, in a crowded saleroom in Sotheby’s New Bond Street galleries in London, a magnificent, rare, copy of John James Audubon’s Birds of America sold for £7,321,250, establishing a new world record price for any printed book …
LONDON.- The New Chapter brings together all of Poppy Sebire’s artists in one show for the first time to launch the gallery’s new permanent home in Southwark. It’s a celebration of four individuals who have forged the gallery’s identity to date, and a…
LONDON.-A rare copy of John James Audubon’s “Birds of America,” billed as the world’s most expensive book, is up for sale alongside a first edition of Shakespeare’s plays at an auction to set book lovers’ pulses racing, Sotheby’s said Thursday. One of …
PHILADELPHIA (REUTERS).- Researchers have found the first published illustration by John James Audubon, America’s most famous bird artist, ending decades of searching for the prized but elusive work. Audubon had made two references to the illustration …
BOISE, ID.- John James Audubon (1785 –
1851) is
known throughout the world for setting the standard against which all
wildlife
art is measured. He assured his place in art history by changing forever
the way
birds are illustrated. Whil…
BOISE, ID.- John James Audubon (1785 – 1851) is known throughout the world for setting the standard against which all wildlife art is measured. He assured his place in art history by changing forever the way birds are illustrated. While replicating phy…
