DOI chapter:
Painters, Sculptors, Architects, Engravers, and their Works
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AUDUBON — AVELINE.
Audubon, John James, born in Louisiana (1782-1851). As an
artist, distinguished for his drawings of the “Birds of America.”
He studied painting in Paris under the celebrated David. His plates
are very perfect, of the size and color of life, and the beaks, talons,
and legs are of accurate dimensions. The book was thirteen years
in preparation and was published in Edinburgh; this time does not
include the making of a large portion of Audubon's pictures. It has
435 plates, containing 1,065 figures. Cuvier pronounced it “ the
most gigantic and most magnificent monument that had ever been
erected to Nature.” Audubon was also the author of “ Ornitholog-
ical Biography,” and at the time of his death was at work upon the
“ Quadrupeds of America.”
Augur, Hezekiah, son of a carpenter, born in New Hampshire
(1791-1858). He was first a shoemaker’s apprentice, then a trades-
man in New Haven, where he failed. He partly paid his debts by
carving ornamental furniture, and invented a machine for weaving
worsted lace. Gradually he turned his attention to sculpture. He
copied a “Head of Apollo,” and in 1827 executed a “Washing-
ton ” and a “ Sappho,” which established his local fame. His best
■work was the group of “ Jephtha and his Daughter,” still preserved
in Yale College Gall. This obtained for him several commissions for
busts and monuments.
Austin, William, born in London about 1740. An engraver and
a pupil of George Bickham. He engraved some landscapes after
Ruysdael and other artists, but his principal work was a set of
plates, of views of Palmyra and its Ruins, and of Ancient Rome.
Auzon, Madame, born in Paris, 1775. She studied under Reg-
nault. Painted portraits and familiar subjects. Several of her pic-
tures have been engraved.
Avanzii or Avanzi, Jacopo degli. An ancient painter of Bo-
logna, of whom little is known. He flourished about the middle of
the 14th century. In the Colonna Gall, at Rome, there is a “ Cruci-
fixion ” by this master, and Nos. 159, 160, 161, of the Bologna
Acad, are also his. In the ch. of Mezzarata he painted pictures
which Malvasia asserts were praised by Michael Angelo and the Ca-
racci. These have been whitewashed, and restored, and are very
imperfect.
Avanzi, Giuseppe, born at Ferrara (1655-1718). School of Co-
stanzio Cattanio. He is noted for the numbers of his works, rather
than for excellence. Most of them were for the convents and
churches of his native city.
Aved, Jacques Antoine Joseph, born at Douay (1702-1766).
Pupil of Picard and a portrait painter of merit.
Aveline, Anthony, born at Paris, 1662. Designer and engraver.
His principal works were views of the palaces and chateaux of Eu-
rope.
AUDUBON — AVELINE.
Audubon, John James, born in Louisiana (1782-1851). As an
artist, distinguished for his drawings of the “Birds of America.”
He studied painting in Paris under the celebrated David. His plates
are very perfect, of the size and color of life, and the beaks, talons,
and legs are of accurate dimensions. The book was thirteen years
in preparation and was published in Edinburgh; this time does not
include the making of a large portion of Audubon's pictures. It has
435 plates, containing 1,065 figures. Cuvier pronounced it “ the
most gigantic and most magnificent monument that had ever been
erected to Nature.” Audubon was also the author of “ Ornitholog-
ical Biography,” and at the time of his death was at work upon the
“ Quadrupeds of America.”
Augur, Hezekiah, son of a carpenter, born in New Hampshire
(1791-1858). He was first a shoemaker’s apprentice, then a trades-
man in New Haven, where he failed. He partly paid his debts by
carving ornamental furniture, and invented a machine for weaving
worsted lace. Gradually he turned his attention to sculpture. He
copied a “Head of Apollo,” and in 1827 executed a “Washing-
ton ” and a “ Sappho,” which established his local fame. His best
■work was the group of “ Jephtha and his Daughter,” still preserved
in Yale College Gall. This obtained for him several commissions for
busts and monuments.
Austin, William, born in London about 1740. An engraver and
a pupil of George Bickham. He engraved some landscapes after
Ruysdael and other artists, but his principal work was a set of
plates, of views of Palmyra and its Ruins, and of Ancient Rome.
Auzon, Madame, born in Paris, 1775. She studied under Reg-
nault. Painted portraits and familiar subjects. Several of her pic-
tures have been engraved.
Avanzii or Avanzi, Jacopo degli. An ancient painter of Bo-
logna, of whom little is known. He flourished about the middle of
the 14th century. In the Colonna Gall, at Rome, there is a “ Cruci-
fixion ” by this master, and Nos. 159, 160, 161, of the Bologna
Acad, are also his. In the ch. of Mezzarata he painted pictures
which Malvasia asserts were praised by Michael Angelo and the Ca-
racci. These have been whitewashed, and restored, and are very
imperfect.
Avanzi, Giuseppe, born at Ferrara (1655-1718). School of Co-
stanzio Cattanio. He is noted for the numbers of his works, rather
than for excellence. Most of them were for the convents and
churches of his native city.
Aved, Jacques Antoine Joseph, born at Douay (1702-1766).
Pupil of Picard and a portrait painter of merit.
Aveline, Anthony, born at Paris, 1662. Designer and engraver.
His principal works were views of the palaces and chateaux of Eu-
rope.