The Artist's Garden: The secret spaces that inspired great art
- ISBN-10
- 1781318751
- ISBN-13
- 9781781318751
- Category
- Gardening
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-10-29
- Publisher
- White Lion Publishing
- Author
- Jackie Bennett
Description
The Artist’s Garden will feature up to 20 gardens that have inspired and been home to some of the greatest painters of history. These gardens not only supplied the inspiration for creative works but also illuminate the professional motivation and private life of the artists themselves – from Cezanne’s house in the south of France to Childe Hassam at Celia Thaxter’s garden off the coast off Maine. Flowers and gardens have often been the first choice for artists looking for a subject. A garden close to the artist’s studio is not only convenient for daily material and ideas, but also has the advantage of changing through the seasons and over time. Claude Monet’s Giverny was the catalyst for hundreds of great paintings (by Monet and other artists), each one different from the one before. Sometimes a whole village becomes the focus for a colony of artists as at Gerberoy in Picardy and Skagen on the northernmost tip of Denmark. This book is about the real homes and gardens that inspired these great artists – gardens that can still be visited today. The relationship between artist and garden is a complex one. A few artists, including Pierre Bonnard and his neighbour Monet were keen gardeners, as much in love with their plants as their work, while for others like Sorolla in Madrid, his courtyard home was both a sanctuary and a source of ideas.
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- 2019-10-29
- 224 pages
- Paperback
- White Lion Publishing
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- 2015-01-09
- 264 pages
- Paperback
- University of Pennsylvania Press
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