Agne-Louis-Guillaume Lesourd-Beauregard

Agne-Louis-Guillaume Lesourd-Beauregard (1800–1873) was a distinguished drawing master and botanical artist celebrated for his precision, elegance, and meticulous technique. Trained under Gérard van Spaendonck, one of the foremost fruit and flower painters of early 19th-century France, Lesourd-Beauregard developed a mastery of composition and detail that would define his career.

He exhibited extensively at the Paris Salons, earning a medal in 1842, and was recognized for works that balanced scientific accuracy with artistic beauty. In 1840, he succeeded Pierre-Joseph Redouté as Professor of Botanical Drawing at the Musée d’Histoire Naturelle, a post through which he influenced a generation of botanical illustrators. His contributions helped establish botanical art as both a scientific and artistic discipline, blending observation with aesthetic refinement.