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Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1759-1840
The Flemish artist Redouté greatly admired flower paintings by Dutch artists such as Van Huysum and Ruysch, and spent his spare time painting flowers in the Royal Botanical Garden in his new home of Paris. Botanist Charles-Louis L'Heritier de Brutelle employed him as a botanical artist in 1787, and invited him to visit England where he studied plants at Kew Gardens. Shortly after his return to Paris, Redouté was appointed official court artist for Marie-Antoinette, and later painted garden flowers for Empress Josephine Bonaparte. Financial necessity following Josephine's death prompted Redouté to publish paintings with an aesthetic rather than botanical appeal. |
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