Dimensions
260 x 320 x 25mm
Artists' gardens are places of both creation and inspiration, often the most personal reflection of their minds and works. This beautifully illustrated book celebrates the gardens of twenty artists worldwide, exploring the close links between the artists, their works and their gardens and local landscapes.
The relationship between artist and garden is often an intimate one. An often unconscious composing of light and shade, sense of balance and deep understanding of colour contribute to artists' gardens just as they do to their art, whether it is the monumental sculptures of Henry Moore set in the English countryside or the vivid flower paintings of Emil Nolde which, he claimed, paled in comparison with his real flower garden on the Baltic.
Includes colour and black-and-white illustrations.
From Rubens in Antwerp nearly 400 years ago to Jennifer Bartlett today in New York, from the quintessentially English gardens of William Morris and Gertrude Jekyll to the exotic Firda Kahlo's Mexican home in "the place of the coyotes", 'Artists' Gardens' proves an intriguing insight into how artists have shaped gardens - and how gardens have shaped artists.
