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Logo: O Caderno de Aimé-Adrien Taunay - Histórias, descobertas e percursos

AIMÉ-ADRIEN TAUNAY

Where are Taunay’s works?

The drawings made by Aimé-Adrien Taunay during the circumnavigation trip led by Louis-Claude de Saulces de Freycinet between 1817-1820 are currently at the Australian National Maritime Museum, the National Gallery of Australia (NGA), the National Library of Australia and the Honolulu Museum of Arts (HMA). The approximately 150 drawings and watercolors made during the Langsdorff Expedition (1825-1828) were shipped to Russia, during the trip, in compliance with the contract, and they are kept at the Russian Academy of Sciences. Sparse works can be found for sale at some auctions.

Unfortunately, due to the ostracism faced by the whole expedition, the works produced by Taunay took time to be identified and recognized. Other works by the artist are kept in public and private collections in Brazil.

This image is a painting in vertical direction. Title: Cox, Gouverneur de Mawée (Cox, Governor of Maui). 1819. Artist: Aimé-Adrien Taunay. Medium and : Watercolor and pencil on paper. The painting features a bearded male figure in profile wrapped in white fabric with flowers. The man also wears a necklace of black and red beads around his neck, a hat wrapped in a brown scarf and is smoking a Maui’s characteristic pipe, which he holds in his right hand while crossing his arms. In the background, it is possible to notice that the male figure is in a boat, where there is a rope wrapped in a piece of wood on the floor and two other diagonal robes coming from above on the left side. There is a thin watercolor frame around the painting. The title is under the frame and the artist’s signature and date are at the right bottom, outside the frame as well.
Drawing by Aimé-Adrien Taunay during the circumnavigation voyage led by Louis Freycinet (1817-1820). TAUNAY, Aimé-Adrien.
Cox, Gouverneur de Mawée [Cox, Governor of Maui], 1819. Watercolour and graphite on paper. Collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art (Hawaii, USA). Available in Wikipedia
This image is a painting in vertical direction. Title: Sophronites Coccinea (Lndl.) Reichb. (Orchidaceae). Artist: Aimé-Adrien Taunay. Medium and support: Watercolor on paper. The painting features a red orchid with foliage in the upper and central left part. There are handwritten inscriptions in the upper left, right and lower right of the support. The artist’s signature is in the lower right corner.
Drawing by Aimé-Adrien Taunay during the Langsdorff Expedition. Sophronites coccinea (Lindl.) Reichb. (Orchidaceae). Watercolor on paper. Collection of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences.
This image is a painting. Title: Green Parrot, 1819. Artist: Aimé-Adrien Taunay. Medium and support: Watercolor on paper. The painting features a bird in blue tones, with yellow breast, red beak and a small green band on the neck. He's in profile, perched on a branch.
TAUNAY, Aimé-Adrien. Green Parrot, Watercolour on paper, 1819. Collection of the National Libray of Australia.
courtesy of / special thanks to:
IHF Museu Paulista
partnership:
USP IFUSP - Instituto de Física da USP NAP - FAEPH
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