Discover draftsperson, illustrator, manufacturer of gouaches Antoine Poiteau

Qualifications: draftsperson, illustrator, manufacturer of gouaches, botanist
He began as a garden labourer at the Jardin des Plantes in 1790. His intelligence and enthusiasm, however, were recognised by the head gardener, André Thouin, who had him appointed as a 'gardien' at the botanical school of the Muséum nationale d'Histoire Naturelle, where Poiteau was able to fill the gaps in his education and complete his botanical training. For three years he attended every botany lecture held at the Muséum, and he excelled in drawing and painting, which he was taught by the museum's resident artist Gérard van Spaendonck.

Nationality/school: French

Born: Ambleny (Aisne) 1766

Deceased: 1854

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Period of activity: 1786 - 1854
vanaf ca. 1786 tot 1854

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Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Redouté, Pierre Joseph
Spaendonck, Gerard van

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: botanical representation, flower piece

Literature

Hardouin-Fugier 1981 , p. 57-58

E. Hardouin-Fugier, The pupils of Redouté, Leigh-on-Sea, 1981, p. 57-58
E. Hardouin-Fugier en E. Grafe, French flower painters of the 19th century: a dictionary, Londen, 1989, p. 321
E. Hardouin-Fugier en E. Graf, Les peintres de fleurs en France de Redouté à Redon, Paris, 1992, p. 8, 27, 38

AKLONLINE (december 2014), als: Poiteau, Antoine
http://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000006608 [augustus 2016]

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