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1768 Aubusson, France - 1809 Lyon, France. Known for: Ornithology and botanical painting.
Jacques BARRABAND (Aubusson, France 1768 - Lyon, France 1809). Relatively little is known of the life of the ornithological and botanical painter Jacques Barraband, who was one of the finest natural... Read full biography
Jacques BARRABAND (Aubusson, France 1768 - Lyon, France 1809). Relatively little is known of the life of the ornithological and botanical painter Jacques Barraband, who was one of the finest natural history draughtsmen of the early years of the 19th century in France. The son of a tapestry worker... Read full biography
Jacques BARRABAND (Aubusson, France 1768 - Lyon, France 1809). Relatively little is known of the life of the ornithological and botanical painter Jacques Barraband, who was one of the finest natural history draughtsmen of the early years of the 19th century in France. The son of a tapestry worker in Aubusson, he was a pupil of the flower painter Joseph-Laurent Malaine at the Académie Royale in Paris. Barraband began his career painting designs for the Aubusson, Beauvais, Gobelins and Savonnerie... Read full biography
Jacques BARRABAND (Aubusson, France 1768 - Lyon, France 1809). Relatively little is known of the life of the ornithological and botanical painter Jacques Barraband, who was one of the finest natural history draughtsmen of the early years of the 19th century in France. The son of a tapestry worker in Aubusson, he was a pupil of the flower painter Joseph-Laurent Malaine at the Académie Royale in Paris. Barraband began his career painting designs for the Aubusson, Beauvais, Gobelins and Savonnerie tapestry factories, as well as for the porcelain manufactory at Sèvres. Several of his porcelain designs were exhibited between 1798 and 1806 at the Paris Salons, where he won a gold medal in 1804. Among his most important commissions was a series... Read full biography
Jacques BARRABAND (Aubusson, France 1768 - Lyon, France 1809). Relatively little is known of the life of the ornithological and botanical painter Jacques Barraband, who was one of the finest natural history draughtsmen of the early years of the 19th century in France. The son of a tapestry worker in Aubusson, he was a pupil of the flower painter Joseph-Laurent Malaine at the Académie Royale in Paris. Barraband began his career painting designs for the Aubusson, Beauvais, Gobelins and Savonnerie tapestry factories, as well as for the porcelain manufactory at Sèvres. Several of his porcelain designs were exhibited between 1798 and 1806 at the Paris Salons, where he won a gold medal in 1804. Among his most important commissions was a series of watercolours of birds and flowers, executed between 1801 and 1804 for the First Consul, Napoleon Bonaparte, who also employed t... Read full biography
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Keywords (9)
Art Method
- •Art Design
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
Art Media
- •Ceramic Art, Porcelain, Design and/or Decoration
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Subject
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
Added Description
- •Botanical Artist