Posts Tagged ‘art history’
Georgia O’Keeffe: How to Make Flowers Impossible to Ignore
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 15, 1887 On this day, Georgia O’Keeffe was born – an artist who would revolutionize how we see flowers through her bold, modernist vision. Over her remarkable career, O’Keeffe created more than…
Read MoreBeyond The Thinker: Auguste Rodin’s Horticultural Haven
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 12, 1840 On this day, Auguste Rodin (oh-GOOST roh-DAN), the great French sculptor, was born. A man who found the divine in both marble and flowers – Auguste Rodin would ultimately earn…
Read MoreGeorgia O’Keeffe: The Modernist Gardener of Canvas
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 15, 1887 On this day, dear readers and fellow admirers of nature’s beauty, we celebrate the birth of a true American treasure: Georgia O’Keeffe, the modernist artist whose brush strokes forever changed…
Read MoreJoachim Patinir: The Maestro of Renaissance Landscapes
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 5, 1524 On this day, dear readers, we bid farewell to a luminary of the artistic world, one Joachim Patinir. A name that may not roll off the tongue with ease, yet…
Read MoreBlooming Brilliance: Marc Chagall’s Colorful Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 6, 1887 On this day, dear cultivators of earthly delights, we celebrate the birth of a man who understood the vibrant hues of nature as intimately as we do. Marc Chagall, born…
Read MorePrimitivism in the Garden: Paul Gauguin’s Natural Inspirations
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 7, 1848 On this day, dear aficionados of art and nature alike, we celebrate the birth of a man whose brush danced with the vibrant hues of tropical flora and whose canvas…
Read MoreFrom Palette to Petal: Salvador Dalí’s Floral Fantasies
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 11, 1904 On this day, dear readers, we celebrate the birth of a most extraordinary gardener of the mind, Salvador Dalí. Though his canvas was often not of soil and seed, but…
Read MoreEugène Delacroix: The Romantic Master’s Early Flower Painting
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 26, 1798 On this day, the French Romantic artist Eugène Delacroix was born. Though his name is carried on the wings of history as a painter of dramatic battles and stirring scenes,…
Read MoreGarlic to art, primroses to death: The poetic legacy of Augustus Saint-Gaudens
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. March 1, 1848 Dearest reader, On this day, we celebrate the birth of Augustus Saint Gaudens (“gaw-dens”), a master sculptor of the American Beaux-Arts generation who forever changed the landscape of public art…
Read MorePierre-Auguste Renoir: Impressionist Master of Floral Art and Light
Impressionism Painting December 3, 1919 Today is the anniversary of the death of the impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Pierre-Auguste Renoir said, when he was painting flowers, he was able to paint, “freely and boldly without the mental effort, he made with a model.” He also said, “If you paint the leaf on a tree without…
Read MoreDaniel Seghers and the Art of Floral Garland Painting
Floral Cartoucherist November 2, 1661 Today is the anniversary of the death of the Flemish Jesuit brother and painter Daniel Seghers. Daniel was a marvelous painter based in Antwerp and focused mainly on floral still lives, and his vivid work was a favorite among his patrons and the aristocracy. As a Jesuit brother, Daniel…
Read MoreHenri Fantin-Latour: The Reluctant Master of Flower Painting
Flower Painter Today is the birthday of the botanical painter Henri Fantin-Latour (Fahn-tahn Lah-tur”). It’s kind of humorous to me that we end up discussing Henri Fantin-LaTour today – right after Pierre Joseph Redoute – because Henri painted flowers as well. But, unlike Pierre Joseph Redoute, Henri got so sick of painting flowers that he…
Read MoreMargherita Caffi: Italian Still Life Painter Celebrated for Floral Mastery
A Path for Female Painters Today is the anniversary of the death of Margherita Caffi, who died on this day in 1710. Caffi was an Italian painter who was able to have a long career painting still life flower & fruit compositions. The men in her family were painters, but Caffi was self-taught. A mother…
Read MoreBrushstrokes of Botany: Magnus Hallman’s Portraits of Linnaeus
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 16, 1745 On this day, dear horticultural enthusiasts, we find ourselves transported to the lush landscapes of Östergötland County, Sweden. For it was on this very date that Magnus Hallman, a painter…
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