Abundant Beauty
Abundant Beauty

Author: Marianne North

Publisher: Greystone Books Ltd

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1553655419

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In 1871, Marianne North, a brilliant artist with a keen interest in botany, set-forth to travel the world on a quest to paint indigenous plants in their natural habitat. Encouraged by her friend Charles Darwin, North travelled by boat, train, mule, foot and palanquin to every continent except Antarctica. She circled the globe twice over fifteen years and accumulated an extensive and valuable collection of more than eight hundred paintings, which today comprise the esteemed Marianne North Gallery at the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, London. North--high-spirited, indefatigable, and brave--also kept detailed journals, which were posthumously published in three volumes in the late 1800s. Abundant Beauty collects the most engaging writings from those journals in one edition, including rich descriptions of botanica and delightful accounts of local people and customs from her sometimes dangerous travels. Abundant Beauty is a fascinating and informative read for botanists, gardeners, historians, and armchair travellers.

Contemporary Botanical Artists
Contemporary Botanical Artists

Author: Shirley Sherwood

Publisher: George Weidenfeld & Nicholson

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9780297822707

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Presents a collection of botanical paintings along with descriptions of the artists' techniques and backgrounds.

The Shirley Sherwood Collection
The Shirley Sherwood Collection

Author: Shirley Sherwood

Publisher: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781842466933

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This book is a celebration of the Shirley Sherwood Collection of contemporary botanical art, made over a period of 30 years by Dr Shirley Sherwood and considered the most important private collection of its kind in the world. In 2018 the 1000th painting was added to the collection, a pocket handkerchief by Coral Guest.

The Art of Plant Evolution
The Art of Plant Evolution

Author: W. John Kress

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13:

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Book published on the occasion of exhibition at Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in 2009.

Marianne North Gift Wrap
Marianne North Gift Wrap

Author: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Publisher: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Published: 2019-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781842466810

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An intrepid Victorian traveler and prolific painter, Marianne North produced more than eight-hundred paintings over her lifetime. She eschewed the soft pastels of typical botanical artists and instead painted entire landscapes using bold, hearty oil paints. Her collection is housed at Kew, where you can still see 848 of her paintings on display in an eponymous gallery. The Marianne North Gift Wrap is a book of twelve sheets of wrapping paper, each featuring one of North's iconic paintings. Printed on quality paper, each sheet tears out easily, leaving you with a clean edge for hassle-free wrapping. It will add some botanical brightness to any gift for the garden-lover in your life. Marianne North 100 Postcards is a box overflowing with 100 of North's beautiful paintings. Each full-color postcard features a unique illustration from the collection and it includes plants from all over the world. What more fitting tribute to a globetrotter than to send one of her postcards from your own international (or even local) adventures?

Treasures of Botanical Art
Treasures of Botanical Art

Author: Shirley Sherwood

Publisher: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Published: 2019-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781842466636

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"Reveals the history of botanical painting, its beauty and science, with works from two renowned collections and over one hundred significant artists, dating from the late 1400s through to today. Paintings featured from the Kew collection include works by well-known artists the Bauer brothers, Redoute, Ehret, Fitch, Lilian Snelling and Margaret Mee as well as many lesser known artists. Contemporary works are featured from the Sherwood collection by a host of international artists. Over 200 stunning botanical paintings are showcased in this gift book, accompanied with informative text on the origins, history and relevance of botanical art, as well as information on the plants themselves. Biographies of over 120 artists are provided at the end of the book, revealing the historical and international background of this genre."--