Explorer, Naturalist, Artist: John James Audubon and the Birds of America

Opening November 7

Nevada Museum of Art
Feature Gallery South
160 W. Liberty Street
Reno

Explorer, Naturalist, Artist:
John James Audubon
and the Birds of America








Considered "one of the most important artists of the nineteenth century. From 1820 to 1838, he traversed the eastern and central United States to depict nearly five-hundred species of birds—giving special attention to the complex interrelationships between the animals and their natural habitats. In 1863, about ten years after Audubon’s death, his wife Lucy sold the family’s core collection of Audubon material to the New York Historical Society, including hundreds of Audubon's original watercolors, many of which were the basis for his Birds of America series. This exhibition features fifty of Audubon’s most dramatic and life-sized watercolor depictions from the first-edition printing of The New York Historical Society Edition.
The works in this exhibition are drawn from The Dana Rose Richardson Memorial Collection of Audubon Prints at the Nevada Museum of Art."

Through February 13, 2011

[Text and graphics from Nevada Museum of Art website.]