The Young Botanist
Paul Peel · 1890
Why it's great
A young girl in a long dress leans over to study a flower, in a sunlit garden. Paul Peel painted children with great charm. The picture won him a medal at the Paris Salon. It's one of Canada's best-known paintings of childhood.
👀 Look closer!
The girl is studying a flower. What would you ask her about it?
Where to see it
📍 Museum LondonOntario, Canada
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Paul Peel was born in London, Ontario, and studied in Philadelphia and in Paris, where he became a successful painter. His warm, sunny pictures of children won prizes at the Paris Salon. He died young, in Paris, at the age of 31.
