Posts Tagged ‘garden painting’
Joachim 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 MoreClaude Monet: The Master Painter Whose Garden Inspired a Masterpiece
A Painter to Flowers Today is the birthday of Claude Monet who was born on this day in 1840. Gardeners love Stephen Gwynn’s 1934 book Claude Monet and his Garden. In 1883 Monet purchased a house. Monet immediately set about creating a hidden water garden fashioned out of waste marshland. Monet made sure his lily…
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