Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759 - 1840) Germany
Watercolor on Paper
Measure 4 1/4"in H x 4"in W and 10 3/4"in H x 8 1/2"in W with frame

Known for: Still life paintings, botanical illustration, teaching
Biography: Pierre-Joseph Redoute 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. Redoute 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 (1798 - 1837), one noted for the publication of several folio books with coloured plates. Enthusiastically, Redoute became an heir to the tradition of the Flemish and Dutch flower painters Brueghel, Ruysch, van Huysum and de Heem. Redoute contributed over 2,100 published plates depicting over 1,800 different species, many never rendered before. In 1782 Redoute joined his elder brother, Antoine Ferdinand, an interior decorator and scenery designer in Paris. There he met the botanist and book lover Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle, and René Desfontaines, who steered him towards botanical illustration, a rapidly growing discipline. Redouté was capable of overcoming successive political crises, without great struggle, and surviving survive under different political régimes. He collaborated with the greatest botanists of his day and participated in nearly fifty publications. Over his long career, Redoute painted the gardens at the Petite Trianon of Marie Antoinette as her official court artist. During the French Revolution and Reign of Terror, he was appointed to document gardens which became national property. However, during the patronage of the generous Empress Josephine, Redoute's career flourished and he produced his most sumptuous books portraying plants from places as distant as Japan, South Africa and Australia as well as Europe and America. He died on 19 or 20 June 1840 and was interred in Pere Lachaise Cemetery.

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