DID YOU KNOW...
Audubon Killed Lots of Birds
John James Audubon's pioneering paintings of birds are so stunning that
many overlook the fact that to get such detail, the artist would often
kill his subjects, posing freshly killed birds into active poses so he
could create a realistic painting without worrying they would fly away.
Gosh I DID NOT know that - makes me sad too.
ReplyDeleteMy grandparents were members of the Audubon society and raised me with a lot of Audubon's paintings and books.
DeleteI had read that long ago. He didn't have the handy little cameras we have today to capture then paint at leisure. Didn't like his methods but the end results helped to make bird lovers out of most of us.
ReplyDeleteI never thought about that but it sure helped make a bird lover out of me.
DeleteI did know that. And mourned.
ReplyDeleteMe too
DeleteI can understand now why it had to be. Just like butterfly collectors.
ReplyDeleteI had read about that recently, but I choose to imagine it was just one bird out of each species. I've tried taking picture of birds but they are not at all cooperative so I guess he did what he felt he had to do.
ReplyDeleteThat's terrible! I suppose he didn't have a camera or time to set it up to get the shot he wanted to copy as a painting.
ReplyDeleteThat's mad and terrible!
ReplyDeleteOuch! Yes, I think I've read that somewhere but I guess it was necessary to get the details he wanted to record. Unfortunate... but such is science at times.
ReplyDeleteI just read that on a blog really sad but interesting
ReplyDeleteOh! That's very distressing. How terrible!!!
ReplyDeleteI fogive him because he inspired a terrific movement.
ReplyDeleteYep, some of them were stuffed. Still, he managed to inspire conservation.
ReplyDeleteIt is how we learn with and from all animals. Even humans.
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