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Passionate Customer Service Museum Quality Art Prints Customization Options AvailableBessa was commonly known as the painter of flowers. Because he specialized in scientific and lifelike representations of various plants, he also worked with the most important French horticulturists and botanists. Especially in this period, when many new plants were discovered and were to be catalogued, the pictures of plants and also some animals Bessa made were of great importance. Mainly he painted plants. When he painted animals, he mainly painted insects. Coloured engravings of a raven or a kangaroo are therefore rather the exception. His pictures stand out strongly because they are so detailed and vivid. His entire oeuvre comprises several hundred pictures.
Bessa was often the first of the newly discovered plants from America, Asia or Africa to be realistically illustrated. Occasionally he also worked together with other painters. For example with his teacher Pierre-Joseph Redouté. Thanks to the engraving technique developed by Bessa himself, the so-called point engraving, a large number of his works could be reproduced and published in various professional journals such as Mordant de Launay's Herbier Général de l'Amateur. However, most of the plant pictures were originally painted with watercolour and show in iridescent colours the plants that grew in the gardens of Paris.
Born in Paris on 1 January 1772, Bessa also completed his studies in Paris at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. His art was influenced above all by the plant painters Gérard van Spaendonck and Pierre-Joseph Redouté. Maria Karolina of Naples-Sicily, the Duchess of Berry, daughter-in-law of Charles X, was an important supporter of Bessa. This patronage expanded in the following years to such an extent that Bessa gave art lessons to the ducal family, especially to the Duchess herself. Before his death in 1864 Bessa produced his last work of art, Flore des Jardiniers. An eye for detail, a love of the world of plants and colourful illustrations make Bessa a very special painter of the time.
Bessa was commonly known as the painter of flowers. Because he specialized in scientific and lifelike representations of various plants, he also worked with the most important French horticulturists and botanists. Especially in this period, when many new plants were discovered and were to be catalogued, the pictures of plants and also some animals Bessa made were of great importance. Mainly he painted plants. When he painted animals, he mainly painted insects. Coloured engravings of a raven or a kangaroo are therefore rather the exception. His pictures stand out strongly because they are so detailed and vivid. His entire oeuvre comprises several hundred pictures.
Bessa was often the first of the newly discovered plants from America, Asia or Africa to be realistically illustrated. Occasionally he also worked together with other painters. For example with his teacher Pierre-Joseph Redouté. Thanks to the engraving technique developed by Bessa himself, the so-called point engraving, a large number of his works could be reproduced and published in various professional journals such as Mordant de Launay's Herbier Général de l'Amateur. However, most of the plant pictures were originally painted with watercolour and show in iridescent colours the plants that grew in the gardens of Paris.
Born in Paris on 1 January 1772, Bessa also completed his studies in Paris at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. His art was influenced above all by the plant painters Gérard van Spaendonck and Pierre-Joseph Redouté. Maria Karolina of Naples-Sicily, the Duchess of Berry, daughter-in-law of Charles X, was an important supporter of Bessa. This patronage expanded in the following years to such an extent that Bessa gave art lessons to the ducal family, especially to the Duchess herself. Before his death in 1864 Bessa produced his last work of art, Flore des Jardiniers. An eye for detail, a love of the world of plants and colourful illustrations make Bessa a very special painter of the time.
 - (MeisterDrucke-259112).jpg "Persian buttercup, 1836 by Pancrace Bessa")
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.jpg "Passiflora Pedata, or Passion Flower, 1836 by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-206773).jpg "Canna or Indian Shot Flower, 1836 by Pancrace Bessa")
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.jpg "Bird of Paradise, or Crane Flower, 1836 by Pancrace Bessa")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-191171).jpg "Hepatica Nobilis, 1836 by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-161273).jpg "Amaryllis Purpurea by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-183119).jpg "American Turkscap Lily, 1836 by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-276778).jpg "Amaryllis Sarniensis, 1836 by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-173863).jpg "Mandragora officinarum, 1836 by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-190764).jpg "Peretta lemon by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-254957).jpg "Crocus Maesiacus, 1836 by Pancrace Bessa")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-318502).jpg "Tulip")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-150337).jpg "Pelargonium Macranthon, 1836 by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-299773).jpg "Tulip")
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.jpg "Bryophyllum Calycinum, or Kalanchoe Pinnata, 1836 by Pancrace Bessa")
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.jpg "Sweet Orange: Citrus Sinensis var. Bigaradia Violacea by Pancrace Bessa")
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_Henry_Louis_Duhamel_du_Monceau_botanical_plate_by_P_-_(MeisterDrucke-1092118).jpg "Crab apple (Malus coronaria) by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-237065).jpg "Nerium oleander by Pancrace Bessa")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-317535).jpg "Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-245535).jpg "Pelargonium, 1836 by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-191545).jpg "Ronce frutescente. Ronce bleue by Pancrace Bessa")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1294760).jpg "Polyanthus or Cluster Narcissus (Botanical: Narcissus tazetta) by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-169341).jpg "Melier by Pancrace Bessa")
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.jpg "Tulip of the Duchess of Tuscany, 1836 by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-232937).jpg "Fringed Iris, 1836 by Pancrace Bessa")
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.jpg "Kangaroo, Engraved by Coutant by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-286526).jpg "Cactus, 1836 by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-155439).jpg "Commelina Tuberosa, 1836 by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-198245).jpg "Banisteria tomentosa, 1836 by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-159990).jpg "Chalice Vine by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-158648).jpg "Cypripedium, 1836 by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-251155).jpg "Yucca filamentosa by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-205155).jpg "Ipomea purga by Pancrace Bessa")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-314930).jpg "Cobaea Scandens, 1836 by Pancrace Bessa")
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.jpg "Purple tulips, white flowering prunus, narcissus and pink chrysanthemum by Pancrace Bessa")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-258854).jpg "Tulip of King Henry IV, 1836 by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-293158).jpg "Dianthus Caryophyllus by Pancrace Bessa")
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.jpg "Botanical: Maurandia Semperflorens by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-273621).jpg "Euricles Coronata, 1836 by Pancrace Bessa")
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.jpg "Flora of Gardeners, Amateurs and Manufacturers: Maurandia Semperflorens by Jean Pierre Frederic Barrois")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-154624).jpg "Aloe Lingua, 1836 by Pancrace Bessa")
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.jpg "Polyanthus or Cluster Narcissus Botanical: Narcissus tazetta by Pancrace Bessa")
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.jpg "Black-eyed Susan, 1828-1835 by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-220973).jpg "Narcissus tazetta by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-267057).jpg "Nymphaea caerulea, 1836 by Pancrace Bessa")
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.jpg "Three Peaches on a Branch by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-59361).jpg "Potted Auricula, 1817 by Pancrace Bessa")
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.jpg "Lemons (engraved by Gabriel) by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-278889).jpg "Camellia japonica, 1836 by Pancrace Bessa")
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.jpg "Untitled by Pancrace Bessa")
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_(graphite_wc_und_bodycolour_on_vellum)_-_(MeisterDrucke-160261).jpg "Anemone, Hemerocale and Iris (detail) by Pancrace Bessa")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-275053).jpg "Anemone, Daylily and Iris by Pancrace Bessa")
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.jpg "Calenudla officinalis, or Pot Marigold by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-186430).jpg "Melaleuca, including Five Studies of the Bloom by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-154609).jpg "Fritillaria Imperialis, 1836 by Pancrace Bessa")
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.jpg "Untitled by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-299884).jpg "Paeonia Suffruticosa, 1836 by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-158196).jpg "Kniphofia by Pancrace Bessa")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1293029).jpg "Maurandia semperflorens by Pancrace Bessa")
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.jpg "Flora of Gardeners, Amateurs and Manufacturers: Polyanthus or Cluster Narcissus by Pancrace Bessa")
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.jpg "Black-eyed Susan by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-244331).jpg "Veltheimia viridifolia by Pancrace Bessa")
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.jpg "Flore des Jardiniers, Amateurs et Manufacturiers: Polyanthus or Cluster Narcissus by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-284974).jpg "Crinum erubescens by Pancrace Bessa")
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.jpg "Untitled by Pancrace Bessa")
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.jpg "Untitled by Pancrace Bessa")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1522902).jpg "A Rosebush by Pancrace Bessa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-280846).jpg "Caladium bicolor, 1836 by Pancrace Bessa")
_Henry_Louis_Duhamel_du_Monceau_botanical_plate_by_Pancra_-_(MeisterDrucke-1091138).jpg "Lemon (Citrus limonium) by Pancrace Bessa")
 - (MeisterDrucke-200000).jpg "Tiger flower or Peacock flower by Pancrace Bessa")
 - (MeisterDrucke-148338).jpg "Primula auricula, 1836 by Pancrace Bessa")