Franz Andreas Bauer

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Portrait of Franz Bauer, around 1800
Illustration of an Erica species for the work Delineations of Exotick Plants

Franz Andreas Bauer (born October 4, 1758 in Feldsberg , Moravia , † December 11, 1840 in Kew , London , United Kingdom ) was a painter who mainly made botanical illustrations. His botanical author abbreviation is " FABauer ".

Franz Bauer was the son of Lucas Bauer. The father, court painter to Prince Liechtenstein, died in 1762. Franz later also got a job as a painter for Prince Liechtenstein and soon specialized in depicting plants. His brother, Ferdinand Lukas , was also a botanical illustrator.

In 1788 Franz Bauer went to England, where he got a permanent job as a painter and draftsman at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew through the mediation of Joseph Banks . The salary for the position was sufficient so that Bauer was financially secure and did not have to accept any other orders other than the botanical drawings.

He soon became known and famous for his detailed renderings. For a short time he gave drawing lessons at the English court; For example, Princess Elisabeth and Queen Charlotte colored some of his drawings under his guidance.

For particularly small structures, he used a microscope and also delved into the study and illustration of plant diseases. From 1816, Bauer worked with Everard Home , who studied the anatomical structures of various animals and the human body.

Bauer died in Kew in 1840, after his death numerous originals of his drawings as well as his brother, who had died earlier, were auctioned. Some plant species were named in honor of Bauer, such as Coelia baueriana , Galeandra baueri and Oncidium baueri .

Works

  • Delineations of Exotick Plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew. Drawn and colored and the Botanical characters displayed according to the Linnean System by Francis Bauer . Edited by William Aiton , foreword by Joseph Banks. 1796-83
  • The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants, illustrated by drawings on stone from the sketches of Francis Bauer , by John Lindley . 1830-1838.
  • Genera filicum; or Illustrations of the ferns, and other allied genera; from the original colored drawings of the late Francis Bauer; with additions and descriptive letterpress , by William Jackson Hooker . 1842.

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personal data
SURNAME Bauer, Franz Andreas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bauer, Francis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-English biological illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1758
PLACE OF BIRTH Valtice
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 1840
Place of death Kew