Pauline Knip b. 26 July 1781

Also known as Antoinette Pauline Jacqueline Rifer De Courcelles Knip, Pauline De Courcelles, Femme Knip Pauline De Courcelles
  • Artist (Painter)
A natural history artist, born in Paris 1781. She specialised in painting birds and illustrated many ornithological publications. While she never visited Australia her books feature illustrations of a number of Australian birds and her work is held in the National Library of Australia.

Citations

  • Auvray Bellier de la Chavignerie, E. & L. (1979), 'Dictionnaire Gènèral des Artistes de l’Ecole Française’, New York, USA.

  • (1988), 'Baudin in Australian Waters’, ed Bonnemains, Jacqueline, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Cowes (1878), Bull. U.S. Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr. vol.5, pp.794-96.

  • Desmarest, A.- G. (1805), 'Histoire Naturelle des Tangarasdes, Manakins et des Todiers’, Paris, France.

  • Ducker, Sophie C. (1992), 'Charles-Alexandre Lesueur’, ed. Kerr, Joan, The Dictionary of Australian Artists, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Gould, John (1837), 'The Birds of Australia and Adjacent Islands’, London, England.

  • Greer, Germaine (1979), 'The Obstacle Race’, London, England.

  • Pèron, F. & Freycinet, de L. (1807), 'Voyage de Dècouvertes aux Terres Australes’, Paris, France.

  • Petteys, C. (1985), 'Dictionary of Women Artists’, New York, USA.

  • Nissen, C. (1969), 'Die Zoologische Buchillustration’, Stuttgart, Germany.

  • Ronsil, R. (1957), 'Madame Knip nèe Pauline de Courcelles, et son oeuvre ornithologique’, J. Soc. Bibl. Nat. Hist., vol. 3.

  • Stresemann, E. (1951), 'Typelocalities of Australian birds collected by the “Expedition Baudin” (1801-1803)’, Emu, vol. 51.

  • Madame Knip, née Pauline de Courcelles (1811), 'Les Pigeons’, Paris, France.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book