Artist

Ambrose Duval

born ca. 1778-died 1860
Active in
  • New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Biography

Ambrose Duval came from France to New Orleans in 1803, and remained there for many years. In an advertisement, he listed his services as a teacher of figures, landscapes, and flowers. Duval also billed himself as a naturalist and exhibited his collection of birds. About 1805, he painted a miniature of Louisiana's first territorial governor, William C. C. Claiborne. In 1821, Duval met John James Audubon, to whom he gave a stuffed plover. Audubon used his friends gift for a painting included in his now famous portfolio of American birds.

Works by this artist (22 items)

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Nathan Oliveira, Untitled (Interior Site--deep brown ink), from the portfolio Revisited, 1995, photo-electric intaglio, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Hand Graphics, 1995.55.4, © 1995, Nathan Oliveira
Untitled (Interior Site – deep brown ink), from the…
Artist
Date1995
photo-electric intaglio
Not on view
Nathan Oliveira, Rabbit, 1964, color lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc., 1973.100.1
Rabbit
Artist
Date1964
color lithograph
Not on view
Nathan Oliveira, Head and Shape II, 1964, color lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc., 1973.100.2
Head and Shape II
Artist
Date1964
color lithograph
Not on view
Nathan Oliveira, Edgar Allan Poe VII, from the suite To Edgar Allan Poe, 1971/published 1971, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Paula and Phillip Kirkeby, 1991.143.7, © 1971, Nathan Oliveira
Edgar Allan Poe VII, from the suite To Edgar Allan Poe
Artist
Date1971/published 1971
lithograph on paper
Not on view