Pierre-Joseph Redouté

Painting, Visual Artist

1759 – 1840

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Who was Pierre-Joseph Redouté?

Pierre-Joseph Redouté, was a Belgian painter and botanist, known for his watercolours of roses, lilies and other flowers at Malmaison. He was nicknamed "The Raphael of flowers".

He was an official court artist of Queen Marie Antoinette, and he continued painting through the French Revolution and Reign of Terror. Redouté survived the turbulent political upheaval to gain international recognition for his precise renderings of plants, which remain as fresh in the early 21st century as when first painted.

Paris was the cultural and scientific centre of Europe during an outstanding period in botanical illustration, one noted for the publication of several folio books with coloured plates. Enthusiastically, Redouté became an heir to the tradition of the Flemish and Dutch flower painters Brueghel, Ruysch, van Huysum and de Heem. Redouté contributed over 2,100 published plates depicting over 1,800 different species, many never rendered before.

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Born
Jul 10, 1759
Saint-Hubert, Belgium
Also known as
  • Pierre-Joseph Redoute
Nationality
  • France
Lived in
  • Saint-Hubert, Belgium
Died
Jun 20, 1840
Paris

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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