J J Audubon
Is famous for his illustrations of animals and birds.  When I used to go to art class there was a exhibition of his work in La Rochelle.  I didn’t get to the exhibition but one of Rob’s colleagues, who was is charge of posters and displays in the towers sent me a beautiful poster.   The girls at art class were really jealous.  It is a lovely poster and is still on display in our bathroom.
I’d been thinking about posting something about JJ Audubon for some time but I didn’t really know much about him.  A week or so back they were taking about his work on  BBC radio.  He painted a lot of ‘New World birds and animals,  some of which are now extinct.  Unfortunately, the only way he could keep them still enough to paint was to shoot them first.
 I found a site with lots of prints for you to see.  I hope you enjoy them.  I know that Mary Lou will!
 
 
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