Enjoy the art of the floral painter Pierre-Joseph Redouté, the Raphael of flowers. This book, adapted from our XL edition, brings together the best engravings of his most important works, such asSelection of the most beautiful flowers and some branches of the most beautiful fruits. The images take us back to the greenhouses and gardens of the Paris of yesteryear.

Masterpieces in bloom

The beautiful botanical treasures of Pierre-Joseph Redouté

The floral painter Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840) devoted himself body and soul to the botanical arts and captured the diversity of flowering plants in watercolours that were published as stippled engravings, with careful descriptions.adored and admired by Parisian high society, he had a network of patrons, including Napoleon's wife, Josephine.he was nicknamed the Raphael of flowers and is considered to this day a master of botanical illustration.
This edition, adapted from our successful volume XL, is presented in a smaller, more accessible format, and brings together some of the colour botanical engravings from his magnificent volumes The Roses, The Lilacs and The Selection of the Most Beautiful Flowers and Branches with the Best Fruits, a display of his extraordinary ability to combine precision and beauty that offers a unique insight into the magnificent glasshouses and gardens of Paris of yesteryear.

About the author

H. Walter Lackes is professor at the Free University of Berlin and was formerly director of the Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. A leading expert on the history of botany, his research focuses on the transfer of useful and ornamental plants to other parts of the world from a cultural and historical perspective. At TASCHEN he has published the books Garden of Eden, The Book of Palms and Redouté, The Book of Flowers.

Publisher: Taschen