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

Exhibitions

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Graphic Masters I: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
November 21, 2008May 24, 2009
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, 2011January 8, 2012
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.