The roots for the interest in botany and botany were laid early. The son of a decorator in an abbey, Pierre-Joseph-Redouté grew up among the impressive gardens of the monastery. It was also a monk who awakened Pierre's love of botany. At the age of 13, the young artist set out to explore the world. He used his talent to earn his living as a portrait painter. Redouté moved to Amsterdam. He took the work of Jan van Huysum, especially the still lifes of flowers and fruits as a model.
Arrived in Paris at the age of 23, Redouté had matured into a watercolourist. His preferred motifs were flowers, which he depicted with botanical accuracy. In Paris Pierre continued his botanical research and in a few years he created illustrations for panel works on lilies and roses. The painting "Rosa Bifera Macrocarpa" shows a rose whose flowers represent all states from the closed bud to the seed stage. The depiction of an imperial crown "Fritillara Imperalis" is also famous. The special feature of the watercolours was the light background. Redouté became the pioneer of botanical flower painting.
Redouté's work was already attracting great attention during the artist's lifetime, even in aristocratic circles. Thus Pierre could count Queen Marie Antoinette and Empress Josephine among his admirers and patrons. Even today, the watercolours are used for studies of the most extinct plants. © Meisterdrucke
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The roots for the interest in botany and botany were laid early. The son of a decorator in an abbey, Pierre-Joseph-Redouté grew up among the impressive gardens of the monastery. It was also a monk who awakened Pierre's love of botany. At the age of 13, the young artist set out to explore the world. He used his talent to earn his living as a portrait painter. Redouté moved to Amsterdam. He took the work of Jan van Huysum, especially the still lifes of flowers and fruits as a model.
Arrived in Paris at the age of 23, Redouté had matured into a watercolourist. His preferred motifs were flowers, which he depicted with botanical accuracy. In Paris Pierre continued his botanical research and in a few years he created illustrations for panel works on lilies and roses. The painting "Rosa Bifera Macrocarpa" shows a rose whose flowers represent all states from the closed bud to the seed stage. The depiction of an imperial crown "Fritillara Imperalis" is also famous. The special feature of the watercolours was the light background. Redouté became the pioneer of botanical flower painting.
Redouté's work was already attracting great attention during the artist's lifetime, even in aristocratic circles. Thus Pierre could count Queen Marie Antoinette and Empress Josephine among his admirers and patrons. Even today, the watercolours are used for studies of the most extinct plants. © Meisterdrucke
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