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Overview
Artists' Gardens are perhaps the most personal expressions of their creativity and inspiration. Claude Monet's passion and artistry are evident everywhere in his timeless garden at Giverny; moreover, his observation of it through failing eyesight deeply influenced his paintings, leaving us with a fascinating record of both the evolution of his beloved garden and of his physically changing view of it. More recently, painter Jennifer Bartlett was moved to produce 200 canvases of the same French villa garden, while sculptors Henry Moore and Isamu Noguchi envisioned their gardens as galleries. Whether it is the lush plantings of William Morris and Paul Cézanne or Frida Kahlo's stark expanse of cactus, it is an artist's sense of balance, deep understanding of color, and an often unconscious composing of light and shade that makes their gardens so exceptional. In this exquisitely illustrated volume, we are offered a rare insight into how artists shape-and are shaped by-their gardens.Editorials
Barbara Blossom Ashmun
Not just for gardeners, Artists' Gardens is a rich offering that bridges three worlds fine art, fine gardening, and biography. The lives of the 20 artists profiled are as colorful and diverse as the gardens and art they have created. The text is a pleasure to read, as fluid and thoughtfully composed as the art.— Fine Gardening
Book Details
Published
October 1, 1999
Publisher
Trafalgar Square Publishing
Pages
192
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781570761478