John Audubon was famous for paintings of which animals?
Correct answer: Birds
Player #4663779
aren't geese birds?
RMCDM123
Little known fact....he would shoot the birds and then pose them in natural settings so he could paint them. He was then able to see them close up and make sure his colors were accurate. Would hate for him to paint me.
Lorraine4748
Tinker20665, The Audubon Society might be active for habitat preservation, but Audubon himself was not active for species preservation - he apparently killed all the birds he painted, if the comments here are accurate.
penawareof
[bobbo16], Sounds like Norman Bates taxidermy.
EcoGal
Lorraine4748, was horrified when I read that. Back in his time, artists couldn't paint from photographs. What a cruel way to create one's art.
Lorraine4748
Player Cosmo Chic, According to several comments here, he apparently killed the birds so he could pose them & paint them accurately. His art might have made you love birds, but I don't think he did - he just used them to further his career, the poor things.
betty
So quick to judge when EVERYTHING was so different then. 100 years from now what will they think of our overpopulation?
Player #120374466
RMCDM123, How else could he paint an accurate picture? He did beautiful work and benefited the public to indentify regional birds. Besides many natural history museums have a supply of stuffed animals on display
Mailbag
RMCDM123, then he ate them. Fact…
Player #98632086
Lorraine4748, how terrible those poor birds
Player #98632086
Lorraine4748, terrible 😞 to kill the birds
Player #98632086
RMCDM123, how aweful to kill the birds
Player #3483065
Lorraine4748, true
GiGi07
Player #4663779, that's what I thought
Martin6
Player LolaB, guesse are birds