Adèle Riché (1791–1878) was a French painter. Riché was born, and lived her life in France. A pupil of

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.,Adèle Riché in the RKD she is known for her still life paintings, including watercolors, as well as her portraits. Her techniques included botanical, entomological, and natural painting, oil, watercolor, and on vellum, and engraving, as well as hand-colouring. Riché died in

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, France in 1878.

Work

Riché worked primarily in watercolor and her subject of choice was often women, flowers, or fruit. Her portraits were often done in oil; the stylistic preference of the times. Whereas her fruit and still life pieces were done in watercolor. She painted a portrait of Natalia Obrenovich, Queen of Serbia.

Gallery

File:NAS-101 Sabal palmetto.png, Plate 30 from ''The North American Sylva'' showing Riché's painting of the '' Sabal palmetto'', originally known as the cabbage tree (''Chamærops palmetto''). File:Natalija Obrenovic.jpg, ''Portrait of Natalia Obrenovich, Queen of Serbia'', 1875-1878

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1791 births 1878 deaths Painters from Paris French women painters 19th-century French painters Flower artists 19th-century French women artists 19th-century women painters {{France-painter-18thC-stub