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About the Author About the Illustrator Pierre-Joseph Redout?? (1759-1840)Pierre-Joseph Redout?? was born to a Flemish family of decorative painters. Asa young man he went to Paris, where he began painting the flowers of the royalgardens. His detailed etchings caught the attention of botanists who taughthim more about the anatomy of plants and artists who introduced him to a newwatercolor technique for illustrating flowers. Marie Antoinette hired Redout??to decorate the walls of her ch? teau. By the late 1790s Redout?? had become themost famous and sought after flower painter in Europe. Empress Josephineinvited him to come to Ch? teau de Malmaison to paint the flowers in hermagnificent garden, which held over 200 varieties of roses. Between 1817 and1824 Redout?? published a three-volume collection of his rose paintings calledLes Rose, his most famous publication. Since roses were Redout?? s trademark,we have included four of his rose paintings in this Botanical Inspirationsdeck. Read more
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Product Details:
- Paperback: 100 pages
- Publisher: U.S. Games Systems Inc.; Box Tcr Cr edition (January 14, 2016)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1572818557
- ISBN-13: 52
- Product Dimensions: 3.2 x 1.2 x 5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
- #46 in Flowers in Biological Sciences
Mpn | BIC44 |
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Isbn | 1572818557 |
ISBN10 | 1572818557 |
ISBN13 | 9781572818552 |
Brand | US GAMES |
Upc | Does not apply |
Ean | Does not apply |
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