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...breakthrough occurred in 1934 with the publication of A Field Guide to the Birds, which covered all the species found in the Eastern U.S. The book, which had been suggested to him by the first editor of Audubon magazine, combined two passions that Peterson had developed during his somewhat dreamy and, in the view of his no-nonsense father, lackadaisical childhood in Jamestown, New York: looking at birds and painting pictures. Since he lacked any formal ornithological training, Peterson brought to his project a refreshing dose of common sense. People could not lug folios of Audubon reproductions to where...
...surviving works to some 180 paintings, watercolors and drawings. The condensation we see is one of the real glories of American art, a sustained celebration of that line of empirical vision that began with John Singleton Copley in the 18th century and passed through Audubon, Eakins and Homer into the early 20th. It also reveals a Homer more complicated, both in his ideas and his symbolism, than most people thought existed. Can you "rediscover" an artist who is this popular? If he's as good as Homer, emphatically...
Wilson, who is Pellegrino University Professor, was awarded the Audubon Medal from the National Audubon Society at its annual dinner last Thursday night at the Waldor Astoria hotel in New York City...
Profits from the dinner will help support the Audubon Society's programs which protect endangered species and wildlife habitats...
...Wilson personifies the Audubon spirit of environmental activism," Audubon Society president John Flicker told the Harvard Gazette...