Artist

John James Audubon

born Les Cayes, Haiti 1785-died New York City 1851
Also known as
  • Jean Rabine
Born
Les Cayes, Haiti
Died
New York, New York, United States
Active in
  • France
  • England

Works by this artist (13 items)

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John James Audubon, Washington Sea Eagle, ca. 1836-1839, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. S. Dillon Ripley II and Mary Livingston Ripley, 1994.121
Washington Sea Eagle
Artist
Dateca. 1836-1839
oil on canvas
On view
John James Audubon, Joseph Bartholomew Kidd, Rose-Breasted Grosbeak, n.d., oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U. S. National Museum, 1953.3.4
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
Artist
Daten.d.
oil on canvas
On view
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Norwegian Rats
Artist
Date1845
hand-colored lithograph on paper
Not on view
John James Audubon, Julius Bien, Barn Swallow, 1860, chromolithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of Natural History, Division of Birds, Smithsonian Institution, 1975.20.4
Barn Swallow
Artist
Date1860
chromolithograph on paper
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 1929.6.70 - SAAM-1929.6.70_1 - 52029
Graphic Masters I: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
November 21, 2008–May 24, 2009
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Graphic Masters I: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum is the first in a series of special installations that celebrate the extraordinary variety and accomplishment of American artists' works on paper.
An oil on canvas of a man lifting a curtain into his museum
The Great American Hall of Wonders
July 14, 2011–January 8, 2012
Smithsonian American Art Museum
The exhibition The Great American Hall of Wonders examines the nineteenth-century American belief that the people of the United States shared a special genius for innovation.