Description: Hollywood, CALIFORNIA - Paul de Longpre & Daughter - Home Garden: Paul de Longpré (1855–1911), was a French painter of flowers, who worked mainly in the United States. De Longpré painted only perfect specimens of flowers. With a delicacy of touch and feeling for color he united scientific knowledge and art. He also knew how to give expression to the subtle essence of the flowers. Painting floral scenes almost exclusively in watercolors, in the 1900s de Longpre found inspiration in the 4,000 rose bushes he planted on his Hollywood estate. The finest of his paintings include Double Peach Blossoms and White Fringed Poppies (1902) – both widely known through popular reproductions. De Longpré arrived in Los Angeles, Southern California with his family in 1899. Daeida Wilcox, with husband H. H. Wilcox the founders of Hollywood, was so eager to attract culture to the town that she gave him her home site for his estate, three lots on Cahuenga on the north of Prospect (later Hollywood Boulevard), in exchange for three of his paintings. In 1901, Canadian architect Louis Bourgeois designed a landmark residence for the 3 acres (1.2 ha) estate, in the Mission Revival style. The house included an art gallery to sell prints of de Longpré's paintings, and was surrounded by the expansive "Le Roi de Fleur" flower gardens. Estate tours became a popular tourist destination off an exclusive Balloon Route trolley spur of the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad, that later became a Pacific Electric Redcar line, and with print sales additional sources of income for de Longpré. Paul de Longpré died at home in Los Angeles at age 56, on 29 June 1911. Afterwards, the family moved back to France. The increased property values in rapidly developing Hollywood resulted in demolition of the gardens by 1924, and the house in 1927. This Undivided Back Era (1901-07) postcard, mailed from Los Angeles, to Toronto, Canada, is in good condition, but there is edge wear and some soiling. The card has also lost its stamp. Newman Post Card Co. Los Angeles. No. 5115.
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City/Region: Hollywood
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Postage Condition: Posted
Era: Undivided Back (c. 1901-1907)
Features: Architecture
Modified Item: No
Painter: Paul de Longpre
Artist: Flowers
County: Los Angeles
Residence: Paul de Longpre
Architectural Style: Mission Revival
Region: California
Country: USA
