Which art movement is John James Audubon best associated with?

Question

For a class report. I need the art movement he is known for being in (if he fits into one). Through my research, I haven't found any information pertaining to Audubon and a certain art movement.

Answer 1

I don't really think he has a movement. If I had to guess I would say Realism since his picteures are true to life.

Audubon lacked formal academic training in art. This forced him to continually experiment with different techniques to best capture nuances of color and textures of feather and fur. Audubon tested various ways to set up bird models, seeking to bring realistic images of the iridescence of feathers, the appearance of soft down, the reflection of light, and the overall look of living birds. While a majority of birds he painted had been studied live, he frequently used skins and mounted specimens for the Quadrupeds. Written descriptions, sent by Rev. John Bachman, his co-author and a naturalist, and by other scientists, helped Audubon bring life to his mammal skins. He believed that direct observation of animal behavior provided superior images. However, many illustrations and much of the text were based not on firsthand observations in the wild but on zoo animals and preserved specimens borrowed from museums in Europe and the United States.

By the early 1820s, Audubon's predominant medium had become watercolor, which he layered and mixed with other mediums to achieve complex coloring and depth. He began his drawings with a faint pencil outline and then would complete the work with a meticulous application of watercolors. Even when an assistant completed the background, the total conception was, largely, Audubon's. For watercolors, the birds were often completed first, while the backgrounds were later added by assistants or Audubon himself. Less commonly, background habitat was painted first.

Audubon's two sons, Victor Gifford and John Woodhouse, became his closest associates. Victor was primarily a landscapist, while John a portrait painter who sometimes did animals. The senior Audubon was a far better artist than John Woodhouse, whose animals were less lifelike, and less original, in composition.

Audubon's success as an artist had a great deal to do with his personal charm and superior salesmanship, and the pre-Civil War era in which he lived.

Answer 2

Hudson River School

Answer 3

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