Henri Fantin-Latour: The Reluctant Master of Flower Painting

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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…

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January 14, 2020 Wes Shaw of Horniman Gardens, Richard Wilford on Alpines, Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Henri Fantin-Latour, Walter Hood Fitch, A Garden of Marvels by Ruth Kassinger, 3-Vase Propagation Station, and January’s birth flowers

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Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee  Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter |  Daily Gardener Community Curated News Horniman Museum’s gardener Wes Shaw – Gardens Illustrated “The last place that blew me away was GARDENS BY THE BAY in Singapore. Amazing conservatories, landscaping…

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