#MarianneNorth story is interesting, never told before
#MarianneNorth story is interesting, never told before
Pictured: Marianne North, Pitcher plants with fern behind, Sarawak, Borneo, oil on board, H 50.6 x W 34.8 cm, The Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew © RBG Kew
Nineteenth-century painter #MarianneNorth (1830-1890) was an unconventional botanical painter and a technically progressive artist who melded differing stylistic approaches, techniques and media from both scientific and aesthetic perspectives...
Morning Glory (1882) by Marianne North (1830-1890), an amateur painter
After being left an inheritance by her father in 1871, North decided to try to paint the flora & fauna of the world.
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#morningglory #painting #flora #mariannenorth
Last weeks in Tenerife and I got an epiphany. So I’ll write a new text, between a travel diary and a fictional conversation with #MarianneNorth 🌵 #eldragomilenario
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Cultivated Flowers Painted in Jamaica, c. 1872, by #MarianneNorth (English, 1830-1890), who was born #otd, Oct 24. Held at @kewgardens; source, @Artuk, artuk.org/discover/art... #womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory
Foliage and Flowers of a Chorisia and Double-Crested Humming Birds, Brazil, c. 1873, by #MarianneNorth (British, 1830-1890). Held at Kew Gardens; source, Art UK,
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#NationalHummingbirdDay #hernaturalhistory #womenartists #artherstory
A sumptuous painting in oil of Foliage, Flowers and Seed-Vessels of Cotton and Fruit of Star Apple, with one fruit depicted whole and another in cross section.
Foliage, Flowers and Seed-Vessels of Cotton and Fruit of Star Apple, Jamaica, c. 1872, by #MarianneNorth (English, 1830-1890), who died #otd, Aug 30. Held at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; source, ArtUK, artuk.org/discover/art...
#womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory
TV alert for Plant, Botany and Artistically minded People, #HorticultureHistory #PlantHunters
#MarianneNorth #BotanicArtist programme on tonight at 7pm UK time on PBS America channel number 84 on freeview.
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Indian Rhododendrons and North American Honeysuckle, c. 1878, by #MarianneNorth (British, 1830-1890). Held at Kew Gardens; source, Art UK, artuk.org/discover/art...
#womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory #WorldBotanicalArtDay
Moth orchid, 1870, by #MarianneNorth (British, 1830-1890). Held at Kew Gardens; source, shop.kew.org/marianne-nor...
#hernaturalhistory #womenartists #artherstory #NationalOrchidDay
Group of Brazilian Forest Wild Flowers & Berries, c. 1873, by #MarianneNorth (English, 1830-1890), who was born #otd, Oct 24. Held at Kew Gardens; source, Art UK, artuk.org/discover/art... #womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory