Redout?. Selection of the Most Beautiful Flowers by H. Walter Lack

by H. Walter Lack

He was known as the Raphael of flowers and rightly Pierre-Joseph Redoute (1759 1840) devoted himself exclusively to the task of capturing the diversity of the flowering plants in naturalistic watercolor paintings. He worked in Paris as a botanical illustrator for rich and influential patrons, during which he documented remarkable, rare plants and flora new to the science of his day. Nearly all of his watercolors were published as copper engravings in large formats and launched on the market with botanical descriptions as sumptuously designed publications in small editions that are today superlative collectors items. The Choix des plus belles fleures et quelques branches des plus beaux fruits (Selection of the Most Beautiful Blooms and Branches with the Finest Fruits), issued in 36 parts between 1827 and 1833) is a late work of Redoute, in which he published 144 hand-colored stipple engravings of his best representations of flora in revised form along with a few novelty items.

Hardcover

First published April 1, 2009

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Hans Walter Lack

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[Wetdryvac · Rating 5 out of 5]

Right. Bloody. Beautiful.