Adèle Riché (1791–1878) was a French painter.

Riché was born, and lived her life in France. A pupil of Jan Frans van Dael and Gerard van Spaendonck.,[1] she is known for her still life paintings, including watercolors,[2] as well as her portraits.[1] Her techniques included botanical, entomological, and natural painting, oil, watercolor, and on vellum, and engraving, as well as hand-colouring.[3]

Riché died in Fontainebleau, France in 1878.

Work

Riché worked primarily in watercolor and her subject of choice was often women, flowers, or fruit.[4] Her portraits were often done in oil; the stylistic preference of the times. Whereas her fruit and still life pieces were done in watercolor.

She painted a portrait of Natalia Obrenovich, Queen of Serbia.[5]

Gallery

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  Plate 30 from The North American Sylva showing Riché's painting of the Sabal palmetto, originally known as the cabbage tree (Chamærops palmetto).
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  Portrait of Natalia Obrenovich, Queen of Serbia, 1875-1878

References

• 2 artworks by or after Adèle Riché at the Art UK site
• Adèle Riché on artnet

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