tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post1611027616566481420..comments2024-03-29T15:04:20.549+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Amazing botanical artist IV: Margaret FlocktonHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-28331379184668944922017-01-28T23:24:31.113+11:002017-01-28T23:24:31.113+11:00CheriePie
You never know when accepting a book to...CheriePie<br /><br />You never know when accepting a book to review will turn out well or not. But so far so good. As long as people know what my limitations are (travel, the arts, history, architecture), I have read a wider range of books than I would have normally selected myself. Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-54669273278012363202017-01-28T10:37:59.169+11:002017-01-28T10:37:59.169+11:00An interesting read, thank you :-)An interesting read, thank you :-)CherryPiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788084724907992076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-88557328651857041932017-01-27T19:58:26.175+11:002017-01-27T19:58:26.175+11:00Debs
I did Australian history in primary school, ...Debs<br /><br />I did Australian history in primary school, but not in high school or uni. Despite studying history and art history, I too rely on blogs, conference papers and books like Ms Wilson's.<br /><br />Welcome aboard :)Helsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-86577562472494172922017-01-27T14:27:19.972+11:002017-01-27T14:27:19.972+11:00This is a very interesting post. I did not know a...This is a very interesting post. I did not know about Margaret Flockton before today.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02567813155701854683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-10604430162372157982017-01-26T23:37:07.023+11:002017-01-26T23:37:07.023+11:00Joseph
many thanks. I looked up Ferdinand Bauer&#...Joseph<br /><br />many thanks. I looked up Ferdinand Bauer's published works and was amazed at both the quality and the quantity of his Australian botany. For an Austrian artist who worked in Britain and loved capturing Australian plants, Bauer left behind a wonderful visual record of his trip; he got off the ship with 11 cases of drawings.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-18812229433661656302017-01-26T14:22:58.358+11:002017-01-26T14:22:58.358+11:00Here is another botanical artist. "Truth and ...Here is another botanical artist. "Truth and Beauty: The Australian Botanical Works of Ferdinand Bauer" is an exhibition at the Flinders University City Gallery, State Library of South Australia until 5/2/2017. <br /><br />During 1802-4, under the command of Capt Matthew Flinders, the HMS Investigator was the first ship to circumnavigate Australia. Bauer was one of the scientific gentlemen on board and during the voyage, he produced intricately detailed images of 2000+ plants and animals. Meticulous in detail and delicate in resolve, his work is of enduring scientific significance and aesthetic appeal.Josephnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-16400050951876090102017-01-25T18:12:44.637+11:002017-01-25T18:12:44.637+11:00Louise
I had struggled a bit with the difference ...Louise<br /><br />I had struggled a bit with the difference between the two distinct forms of wildflower painting - the strictly botanical (a la Margaret Flockton) and the ordinary arty flower study (a la Ellis Rowan). So thank you. Otherwise the two women's careers may well have turned out differently. <br />Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-32244530970891052922017-01-25T15:49:39.167+11:002017-01-25T15:49:39.167+11:00Hello Hels
Many thanks for your coverage of my bo...Hello Hels<br /><br />Many thanks for your coverage of my book 'Margaret Flockton: A Fragrant Memory'. You've admirably handled both the topic and the follow-up comments on this page. <br /><br />Re your readers' interest in Margaret's age-peer Ellis Rowan, there's a chapter in the book which explains how Sarah (Sally) Hynes, the botanist who Maiden 'moved on' from the RBG Sydney, became the 'marketing department' for Ellis Rowan. <br /><br />An observer of their times commented that there are two distinct forms of wildflower painting - the strictly botanical, Margaret Flockton being the greatest Australian exponent, and the ordinary 'flower study' (his term), at which Ellis Rowan excelled. <br /><br />After studying the topic at length, I concluded this: had Margaret Flockton been championed in art & society circles like Ellis Rowan was, her beautiful scientific work may have been better accepted as works of art - and had Ellis Rowan labelled her colourful paintings with their botanical names, they might have earned a permanent place in scientific circles.<br /><br />Ellis has a large body of work now housed at the National Library of Australia. Margaret has an equally large body of work, now housed (mostly) at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney.Louise Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09220084273709377095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-66363006548039242202017-01-25T09:58:37.007+11:002017-01-25T09:58:37.007+11:00Parnassus
you must have the most amazing collecti...Parnassus<br /><br />you must have the most amazing collections in your home, including old botanical manuals. Goodonya, as we say in Australia. <br /><br />You are of course spot on regarding the breaking up of many important volumes throughout the history of book illustration, in order to hang individual works of art on the wall. I suppose that was the cost of considering oneself a botanical artist, rather than an academic scientist. Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-9404219861560998392017-01-25T09:47:38.450+11:002017-01-25T09:47:38.450+11:00hi cousin
good to see you :) Marion Ellis was del...hi cousin<br /><br />good to see you :) Marion Ellis was delighted to marry Frederic Rowan, a British Army officer so she was probably much freer than Margaret Flockton. Although she tragically lost her husband and only son at an early age, Rowan travelled at the drop of a hat, working and exhibiting in international exhibitions in Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea; India; Europe and Britain; and the USA. Even after she died, Rowan's reputation remained high and her works were happily taken up by the National Library of Australia and the Queensland Museum. <br /><br />Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-6798264800365044612017-01-25T09:29:09.253+11:002017-01-25T09:29:09.253+11:00Dina
there was a ton of family life close at hand...Dina<br /><br />there was a ton of family life close at hand - parents, two sisters, nieces and nephews, visiting aunties and cousins from the UK, shared family homes and housekeepers. But I wonder in the middle of the night whether Margaret would have liked to share the quiet moments with one special husband, rather than a noisy horde. Perhaps she shared her reflective moments in her beloved Church of England congregation.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-79584828241534300672017-01-24T23:42:59.587+11:002017-01-24T23:42:59.587+11:00Hello Hels, I just checked out some other Flockto...Hello Hels, I just checked out some other Flockton botanical art. She has real style in addition to botanical accuracy. I collect old botanical manuals and too often we use or appreciate the old drawings without thinking about the enormous dedication and artistic skill that went into the old drawings, apparently often at slave wages. Often the illustrators were different from the author of a book, a fact glossed over on the title page or in the preface. <br /><br />There were huge publishing efforts in every area of natural history, but now the problem is that the colored drawings are appreciated perhaps too much, so many important volumes are broken up in order to provide frameable and salable illustrations. <br />--Jim Parnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-62627383161791132142017-01-24T23:03:25.324+11:002017-01-24T23:03:25.324+11:00Hel
do you think we can sensibly compare the life...Hel<br /><br />do you think we can sensibly compare the life and art of Marian Ellis Rowan with Margaret Flockton's? I read the Rowan post ages ago (but there seems to be a typo).your cousinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-3600832701776743012017-01-24T21:38:38.242+11:002017-01-24T21:38:38.242+11:00She must have been a strong woman. Living alone an...She must have been a strong woman. Living alone and having a limited income could not have been easy.Dinanoreply@blogger.com