20C History Project's video: John James Audubon: The Birds of America 1985

Documentary portrait of John James Audubon (1785-1851), the famous French painter who lived and worked in America for most of his life and is known primarily for “Birds of America.” This film covers his whole life and offers beautiful shots of many of his paintings as well as location trips to the places in America where he lived and worked (Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Louisiana, New York, among others). There are sequences filmed at the New-York Historical Society. John Wilmerding, then-Deputy Director of the National Gallery of Art, appears on camera to show some of Audubon’s color plates. Narrated by Larry Lewman. Directed by Steve York for the National Gallery of Art.