Paul & Raoul Maucherat de Longpre. Still life
 

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Pansy Waltz, watercolor, 1896, Private collection
Raoul Maucherat de Longpre Site (1859-1911). raul de Longpre was born in Lyon, France where he first began drawing floral images at a very young age. By the age of 12, Paul de Longpre was earning an income painting flowers on fans for a Parisian firm. Paul de Longpre went from Paris, New York (1890), & ending in Los Angeles (1898). Raul de Longpre‘s house became a major tourist attraction, boasting 25,000 visitors each year. Paoul Maucherat de Longpre - (French, 1847-1911).
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Birds, Bees and Berries, oil on board , 1900, Private collection

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Flowers and Insects, watercolor on paper, 1906, Private collection
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French Bridal Roses, watercolor, 1900, Irvine Museum (United States)
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White Azaleas in a Flower Pot, oil on canvas, 1900, Private collection
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Roses and Mahogany, oil on canvas, Private collection
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Still Life, Roses with Bumble Bees, watercolor on paper, Private collection
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Yellow Roses and Lilacs, watercolor and gouache on paper, 1890, Private collection
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Roses, watercolor on brown paper
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Roses, watercolor on brown paper
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Roses and Lilacs, watercolor on brown paper
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Large Purple Clematis and White Daisies, watercolor
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Morning Bouquet, watercolor, Los Angeles 1902

[показать]Floral painter Raoul Maucherat de Longpré was born in Lyons, Paris on September 13, 1859 to Jean-Antoine-Marie-Victor and Marie-Therese Pinchaud de Longpré. The de Longprés were a family of artists, and most noted was his brother Paul de Longpre. Raoul began his studies at a very young age with his brother Paul. The young prodigy was earning living painting flowers on fans for a firm in Paris by the age of 12.
Raoul de Longpre debuted at the Paris Salon of 1877. He exhibited a gouache of "Lilacs" and one of "Lilacs and Chrysanthemums", and at the 1880 Salon, he exhibited "Peonies and Lilacs". In 1890, Paul de Longpré left for the United States, and Raoul remained in Paris, where he married Eugenie Rongieres in 1901.
Raoul, like his brother based his florals on scientific studies that he made of flowers while living in Paris, as witnessed by his attention to a high degree of accuracy. His favorite flower was the lilac, which he often combined with roses or other blooms to formulate a still life. Aware of the flower language in literature, Raoul’s use of white lilacs symbolized "youthful innocence", and when combined with roses, they represented "purity," "love" or "beauty." Depending on the color of the rose, a bouquet of red roses and white lilacs symbolized "youthfulness and first love."
Raoul's paintings generally revealed three compositional types: newly cut flowers on a floor or other surface, which have been strewn at random; flowers, often roses and lilacs, arranged on a stone ledge or plinth; and bouquets which appear to float in the air. Different than the works of his brother Paul, Raoul’s floral still lifes focused entirely on the blooms themselves.
Although there is no record of Raoul de Longpré traveling to the United States, according to an article in the Rocky Mountain News, July 27, 1883 a painting, "Roses and Lilacs" by Raoul M. de Longpré, Paris, was on exhibition in Denver, Colorado. It is very possible that Paul de Longpré worked as Raoul's agent in the United States. Онлайн переводчики
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