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Post by Die Fledermaus on Jul 25, 2007 21:37:44 GMT -4
Tonight on PBS a special was presented on John James Audubon, one of the great painters of birds ever. It is well worth looking at: LINK RIGHT HEREAnd here is a gallery of his amazing paintings: GALLERY LINK HERE |
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Post by Hamsters82 on Jul 25, 2007 21:50:01 GMT -4
Very nice photos they are.
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Post by hamwolf89 on Jul 25, 2007 21:58:59 GMT -4
Very nice photos they are. indeed |
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Jul 25, 2007 21:59:38 GMT -4
What is weird and ironic about him is that he killed many thousands of birds both as a hunter and to have specimens for his paintings. He even stabbed a golden eagle through the heart to have a quiet specimen!!  Later, he had a change of heart, and his name was used for the Audubon Society that fought the fashion a century ago of women decorating their hats with dead egret and heron feathers. that was the first campaign ever of its nature. The fight goes on on different fronts. . . |
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Post by pinky on Jul 25, 2007 23:50:03 GMT -4
Drat, DF--had I known that that was on I would have watched it tonight!! You were supposed to tell the bird nut about this! ;D
But it is on again Sunday at 2--I will try to catch it then.
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Jul 26, 2007 0:11:31 GMT -4
I only stumbled on it last night by chance.
His giant sized folio of hand-colored bird prints (life size), cost a thousand dollars over 150 years ago! It was a major status symbol of the ultra-rich and libraries to be able to afford something so very expensive.
I suppose a thousand dollars then would be worth 50x as much now, or more.
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