Pierre Joseph Redouté Fruit and Flower Illustrations

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Pierre Joseph Redouté Fruit and Flower Illustrations

I hope you enjoy learning about the man and viewing the images by Redoute from his Choix des plus belles fleurs et des plus beaux fruits (1827).

Pierre-Joseph RedoutÃ© was called the Raphael of Flowers. He was born in St. Hubert, Ardennes, Belgium on July 10, 1759. He learned to paint from his father who died in 1776. He had two brothers and two sisters. He married Marie-Marthe Gobert and had two daughters and a son.

He had many royal students and patrons including Marie-Antoinette, Josephine, AdÃ©laÃ¯de of OrlÃ©ans and Marie-Louise. He created works for C. L. Lâ€™Heritier, GÃ©rard van Spaendonck, and the Museum of Natural History.

In 1819, his works were exhibited at the Louvre. On January 14, 1825, King Charles X honored Pierre-Joseph as a chevalier de la LÃ©gion dâ€™honneur. In 1834, he was name to the Ordre de LÃ©opold of Belgium.

He died in Paris in 1840.

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