Biographie des trois frères Redouté, Antoine-Ferdinand, peintre décoratif, Pierre-Joseph et Henri-Joseph, illustrateurs botaniques. ©Electre 2025
The Redouté brothers
Masters of scientific illustration in Paris
This work provides the first comprehensive biography of the three Redouté brothers, Antoine-Ferdinand, Pierre-Joseph and Henri-Joseph. Originating from humble origins in the Ardennes, they all took root in Paris where Antoine-Ferdinand became a decorative painter. By contrast Pierre-Joseph and Henri-Joseph embarked as botanical illustrators on a scientific and aesthetic career including numerous contributions to the prestigious royal paintings on vellum. The central figure of this work is Pierre-Joseph, whose accurate illustrations document science during the late phase of the Enlightenment, throughout the turbulences of the French Revolution, the Napoleonic era and into the Restoration. Thus, Pierre-Joseph provided works for Empress Josephine and Queen Maria Amalia. An indefatigable worker, he produced an enormous number of botanical illustrations, many of a very high calibre. A large number of which were reproduced as engravings for a long list of publications which multiplied by many times the effect of his work. His association with the new Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, but also notably with C. -L. L'Héritier and the Geneva botanist A.P. de Candolle, ensured successive commissions. Henri-Joseph joined the scientific team that accompanied Napoleon's Egyptian campaign, documenting plants, animals and artifacts. Although his output was more geared towards paintings of animals, he was frequently asked to contribute botanical works for Pierre-Joseph. In essence the focus of this book is not on the written record but on the pictorial. Furthermore it offers a panorama of the travellers, collectors, scientists, gardeners and illustrators in one of the great centres of the time - Paris.
Paru le : 14/11/2024
Thématique : Dessin - Gravures - Estampes
Auteur(s) : Auteur : Hans Walter Lack Auteur : James Compton Auteur : Martin W. Callmander
Éditeur(s) :
Publications scientifiques du Muséum
Conservatoire et jardin botaniques de la ville de Genève
Collection(s) : Archives
Contributeur(s) : Préfacier : Michelle Lenoir
Série(s) : Non précisé.
ISBN : 978-2-38327-020-1
EAN13 : 9782383270201
Reliure : Broché
Pages : 822
Hauteur: 24.0 cm / Largeur 17.0 cm
Épaisseur: 4.5 cm
Poids: 1650 g
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