Adèle Riché Explained

Adèle Riché
Birth Date:1791
Birth Place:Paris, France
Death Date:1878
Death Place:Fontainebleau, France
Nationality:French

Adèle Riché (1791–1878) was a French painter.

Riché was born, and lived her life in France. A pupil of Jan Frans van Dael and Gerard van Spaendonck.,[1] she is known for her still life paintings, including watercolors,[2] as well as her portraits.[1] Her techniques included botanical, entomological, and natural painting, oil, watercolor, and on vellum, and engraving, as well as hand-colouring.[3]

Riché died in Fontainebleau, France in 1878.

Work

Riché worked primarily in watercolor and her subject of choice was often women, flowers, or fruit.[4] 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.[5]

References

Notes and References

  1. Adèle Riché in the RKD
  2. Book: Bryan, Michael . Dictionary of Painters and Engravers: Biographical and Critical . . 1889 . Graves . Robert Edmund . II: L–Z . 374 . en . 2660507 . Armstrong . Walter . Google Books.
  3. Web site: Last Name: Riché Given Name: Adèle . live . https://archive.today/20240131215718/https://dsi.hi.uni-stuttgart.de/index.php?tablename=dsi&function=details&where_field=id&where_value=2322 . 31 January 2024 . 9 March 2020 . Stuttgart Database of Scientific Illustrators 1450–1950.
  4. Web site: Artists: Adèle Riché . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220105024325/https://www.invaluable.com/artist/riche-adele-nug7ygj5yb/ . 5 January 2022 . 29 March 2017 . Invaluable.com.
  5. Web site: Portrait of Natalia Obrenovich, Queen of Serbia - Adele Riche . live . https://archive.today/20240131220628/https://hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/01.+paintings/37421 . 31 January 2024 . 31 January 2024 . . en.