Charles-Alexandre Lesueur b. 1 January 1778

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Natural history artist. Leseur travelled to Australia with a French expedition at the beginning of the nineteenth century, his drawings and etchings of local flora and fauna were of major significance.
You are viewing the version of bio from Nov. 27, 2012, 10:55 a.m. (moderator approved).
Revert to this revision Go to current record
Name
Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Curator (ANZSIC code: 6924)
  • Under-officer, French National Guard (ANZSIC code: 7600)
Birth date
1 January 1778
Birth place
Le Havre, France
Death date
12 December 1846
Death place
Le Havre, France
Active Period
  • 1800 - 1846
Arrival
  • 1802
Residence
  • c.1846 Le Havre, France
  • 1817 - 1825 Philadelphia, United States of America
  • c.1815 United States of America
  • 1803 Mauritius
  • 1802 Sydney, New South Wales
  • c.1800 aboard Naturaliste
  • 1778 - 1800 Le Havre, France
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

Difference between this version and previous

Field This Version Previous Version
References [<ExternalResource: Baudin, N. (1974), 'The Journal of Post Captain Nicolas Baudin', trans. C. Cornell, Adelaide, South Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Bénézit, E. (1948), Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, 8 vols, Paris, France.>, <ExternalResource: Bonnemains, J., Forsyth, E. and Smith, B. (1988), 'Baudin in Australian Waters', Melbourne, Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: Ducker, S.C. (1977), 'History of Australian phycology: The significance of early French exploration', Brunonia 22.>, <ExternalResource: Gaoy, J., 'Les meduses de François Péron et Charles Lesueur (1775-1810 et 1778-1846) revelées par les velius de Lesueur', Bulletin Trim. Societé Geologié, Normandie et Amis Museé de Havre.>, <ExternalResource: Mander-Jones, P. (1963), 'Artists who sailed with Baudin and Flinders', Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, (South Australian Branch) Volume 65 Issue 4.>, <ExternalResource: Manneville, P. (1979), 'Charles-Alexandre Lesueur: Sa famille-son enfance', Ann. Musee Havre 14.>, <ExternalResource: Péron, F. and de Freycinet, L. (1807), 'Voyage des Découvertes aux Terres Australes Exécuté...sur les Corvettes Le Géographe, Le Naturaliste, et la Goetellt Le Casuarine, pendant les Années 1800, 1801, 1802 et 1804. Redig? **CHECK** par M.F. Péron et Continué par M. Louis Freycinet', 2 vols and Atlas, Paris, France.>, <ExternalResource: Ducker, S.C. and Woelkerling, W. (1987), 'Lesueuria minderiana gen. et sp. nov. (Corallinaceae Rhodophyta) from southern and western Australia', Phycologia 26.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Ingram, T.>]