Born in the West Indies, he was the illegitimate son of a French slave trader and a Creole woman.
Born in the West Indies, he was the illegitimate son of a French slave trader and a Creole woman. After an education in France, he was sent to the United States in order to avoid conscription. By 1820, after many failed business ventures, he had begun to take what jobs he could to provide a living and to concentrate on his steadily growing interest in drawing the dramatic, lifelike setting of his subjects that distinguished him among the fine artists and illustrators of the 19th century. Born Fougère Rabin, FTP, name this naturalist and artist, author of The Birds of America.
Born in the West Indies, he was the illegitimate son of a French slave trader and a Creole woman.
John James {Audubon}