Posts Tagged ‘nature in art’
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 MoreBeau-Pots to Wildflower Whimsy: Mary Mitford’s Floral Revolution
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 13, 1815 On this day, dear readers, we find ourselves privy to a most charming correspondence between Mary Russell Mitford and Sir William Elford, an English banker, politician, and amateur artist. In…
Read MoreVincent van Gogh: The Troubled Master Who Painted Nature’s Beauty in Bold Color
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. March 30, 1853 Dearest reader, On this day, we celebrate the birth of Vincent van Gogh, a man whose life was as vividly painted as the sunflower fields he so adored. Van Gogh’s…
Read MoreSurreal Harvests: André Breton’s Galloping Imagination
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. February 18, 1896 Dearest reader, On this day, we mark the birth of André Robert Breton, a French writer and poet whose very name has become synonymous with the strange and sublime, the…
Read MoreJoachim Patinir and the Birth of the World Landscape
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 Dearest reader, On this day, Joachim Patinir was born—a visionary of the Flemish Renaissance who forever changed how we behold the natural world in art. Have you ever paused before…
Read MoreCamille Corot’s Birthday: The Painter Who Saw Nature as Prayer
Beauty is in Art It’s the birthday of the artist Camille Corot (“CAH-MEEL CAH-row”), born in Paris. Corot was a French painter, famous for his landscapes, and he inspired the landscape painting of the Impressionists. Corot’s quotes about painting are inspiring to gardeners. Here’s a little sample of his sensitive perspective on the natural world:…
Read MoreJoan Miró: Surrealist Artist Inspired by Nature and Gardening
A Gardener or a WInegrower Today is the birthday of the Spanish painter and artist Joan Miró Born in Barcelona, Miró’s surrealist art left a mark on the world. Gardeners will especially enjoy his 1918 work called The Vegetable Garden with Donkey and his 1919 work called “Vines and Olive Trees.” Miró’s biography was subtitled…
Read MoreAlbrecht Dürer and the Botanical Beauty of The Great Piece of Turf
The Great Piece of Turf Today is the anniversary of the death of the German painter, engraver, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist from Nuremberg, Albrecht Dürer. Dürer’s work was extraordinary, and by the time he was in his 20’s, he was already quite famous. While he was known for his calm demeanor and introversion, his work…
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