Treasures of Botanical Art
$44.00
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
8 May 2019
Summary
Treasures of Botanical Art 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, Redouté, 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 internat…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781842466636 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1842466631 |
| Author: | Shirley Sherwood, Martyn Rix |
| Publisher: | Royal Botanic Gardens |
| Imprint: | Kew Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 8 May 2019 |
| Weight: | 1.09kg |
| Dimensions: | 246mm x 189mm |
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About The Author
Shirley Sherwood
Dr Shirley Sherwood travels extensively and has been collecting contemporary botanical drawingssince 1990. Her comprehensive collection includes work by artists living in over thirty different countries and is arguably the most important private collection of twentieth century botanical art in the world. The Shirley Sherwood Gallery at Kew is the first public gallery in the world dedicated to botanical art. Martyn Rix is a renowned horticulturalist, and author of many books including The Golden Age of Botanical Art (Andre Deutsch) and co-author of Flora Japonica (Kew Publishing, 2016) and Treasured Trees (Kew Publishing, 2015), and editor of Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, published by Kew.
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