  pierre-joseph redoutÃ© (10 july 1759 &ndash; 19 june 1840), was a painter and botanist from the southern netherlands, known for his watercolours of roses, lilies and other flowers at malmaison. he was nicknamed "the raphael of flowers". he was an official court artist of queen marie antoinette, and he continued painting through the french revolution and reign of terror. redoutÃ© 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. paris was the cultural and scientific centre of europe during an outstanding period in botanical illustration (1798 &ndash; 1837), one noted for the publication of several folio books with coloured plates. enthusiastically, redoutÃ© became an heir to the tradition of the flemish and dutch flower painters brueghel, ruysch, van huysum and de heem. redoutÃ© contributed over  published plates depicting over  different species, many never rendered before. ==early life== redoutÃ© was born in saint-hubert, in the present-day belgian province of luxembourg.  although he was relatively lacking in formal education, both redoutÃ©'s father and grandfather were painters. he left home at the age of 13 to earn his living as an itinerant belgian painter, doing interior decoration, portraits and religious commissions. ==paris== in 1782 redoutÃ© joined his elder brother, antoine ferdinand, an interior decorator and scenery designer in pa
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