Posts Tagged ‘Botanical Art’
Botticelli’s Botanical Revolution: Unleashing Renaissance Beauty in Your Garden
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 17, 1510 On this day, passionate cultivators of beauty, we commemorate the passing of a true horticultural visionary disguised as a painter – the incomparable Sandro Botticelli! As we plunge our hands…
Read MoreThe Romantic’s Bouquet: Delacroix and “A Vase of Flowers”
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, dear readers, we celebrate the birth of a true titan of French art, Eugene Delacroix. Born in the twilight of the 18th century, Delacroix would go on…
Read MoreSweet Stories of French Botanical Artist Paul De Longpré as Gardener and Father
“If you ask for her name, she will say it is Pauline; but the only name she has ever called at home is “Joujou”; the French word for toy or plaything. She is idolized by her famous father, and when he walks in the garden she is always by his side.” April 18, 1855 On…
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