Image size of this print is 16 x 12 with ample margins

SEASONS by Pierre Redoute.

I have several different prints in this series listed here. Get them for a great grouping of traditional floral art prints.

Pierre-Joseph Redoute, often called the Raphael of Flowers, was the most celebrated artist in the history of botanical art. Depictions of plants prior to the 17th century were of a more practical concern, illustrating herbs and their uses. Human curiosity and the desire to document newly discovered species spurred the development of the great flower books of the 18th and 19th centuries. The creation of the botanical print involved a team of artisans including the scientist who recorded the natural environment, the artist that drew the specimen, the printer who engraved the images into metal plates, the painter who hand-colored the print and the publisher who circulated the volumes.

Redoute, the son of a Belgian artist, came to Paris as a scene painter for an Italian Opera Company. His particular passion for drawing flowers in his spare time at the Jardin du Roi caught the attention and patronage of botanist Charles-Louis L'Heritier de Bratelle and Gerard van Spaendonck, professor of flower painting. This union of tutors developed the special qualities to Redoute's work. Redoute adopted Francesco Bartolozzi's technique of stipple printing, engraving by dots rather than lines, for greater delicate gradations of tone and balance. He embellished his work further by adopting van Spaendonck's techniques of watercolor painting on vellum. The results were printing in brilliant colors never before achieved.

I stock the line of Aaron Ashley Art Prints and Hedgerow House Art in addition to hundreds of prints from most major Art Publishers. These prints are in stock and ready for immediate shipment.