Palm Tree (Astrocaryum Chambira) - Vintage Botanical Illustration by Charles Antoine Lemaire c.1854 - Fine Art Rolled Canvas Print 16in x 20in

Enjoy a taste of Aloha with these beautiful Fine Art Prints by Pacifica Island Art - printed in Maui, Hawaii. This print will look wonderful framed in the home, office or restaurant and is perfect for the Vintage Art Collector. - ABOUT THE ARTIST - Charles Antoine Lemaire - Charles Antoine Lemaire (1800–1871) was a French botanist and botanical author, noted for his publications on Cactaceae. His early education was comprehensive, and he was known to be an excellent student. He attended the University of Paris and, after the completion of his studies, he achieved the position of Professor of Classical Literature at the University. At some point in his academic career, he developed an interest in botany; his close friendship with M. Neumann, the chief horticulturist at the Museum of Natural History was very important in what became a radical change in his life work. Lemaire began his scientific career by assisting M. Mathieu, a nurseryman in Paris, in creating a collection of cacti, and it was this family to which most of his subsequent work was devoted. In 1835, a publisher in Paris, M. Cousin, started a horticultural journal and asked Lemaire to be its editor. For many years, he edited Jardin Fleuriste and L’Horticulteur Universel, and wrote most of their contents himself. In 1845, he was invited to move to Ghent, in Belgium, to be the editor of a journal, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe, newly established by Louis van Houtte. Nine years later, still at Ghent, he became the editor of L’Illustration Horticole, founded by Ambroise Verschaffelt, and held that position for sixteen years. He returned to Paris in 1870 and died there in June 1871.