Camille Chantereine
Camille de Chantereine (1810–1847) was a French artist. She painted using watercolors and gouache, and was known for her depictions of fruit and flowers. She studied under Pierre-Joseph Redouté. Biography Camille de Chantereine was born in Paris. She studied under Pierre-Joseph Redouté. Chantereine made her Salon début in 1827, and won jury medals in 1835 and 1840. In 1936 she started her own course in floral painting. One of de Chantereine's patrons was Amélie of Leuchtenberg, widow of Pedro I of Brazil, Pedro I and the former Empress of Brazil. Camille de Chantereine died in Paris on March 10, 1847. References

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Pierre-Joseph Redouté
Pierre-Joseph Redouté (, 10 July 1759 – 19 June 1840), was a painter and botanist from Belgium, known for his watercolours of roses, lilies and other flowers at the Château de Malmaison, many of which were published as large, coloured stipple engravings. He was nicknamed "the Raphael of flowers" and has been called the greatest botanical illustrator of all time.Schmidt, Alesandra M., and Trudy B. Jacoby"Herbs to Orchids: Botanical Illustration in the Nineteenth Century" Watkinson Exhibition Catalogs, Paper 3, 1996. Redouté was an official court artist of Marie Antoinette, and continued painting through the French Revolution and Reign of Terror. He survived the turbulent political upheaval to gain international recognition for his precise renderings of plants, which remain as fresh in the early 21st century as when first painted. He combined great artistic skills with a pleasing, ingratiating personality which assisted him with his influential patrons. After Queen Marie- ...
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