tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post3549353888528792883..comments2024-03-29T15:04:20.549+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Amazing botanical artist I - Marianne NorthHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-11650404366318462362014-04-14T09:51:14.192+10:002014-04-14T09:51:14.192+10:00Thank you. That is a great reference.Thank you. That is a great reference.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-72401542943599716142014-04-14T01:00:45.290+10:002014-04-14T01:00:45.290+10:00THE RADICAL VICTORIAN LADY BEHIND AN ESSENTIAL COL...THE RADICAL VICTORIAN LADY BEHIND AN ESSENTIAL COLLECTION OF BOTANICAL ART has some beautiful images of Ms Morth's paintings.Atlas Obscurahttp://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/marianne-north-and-botanic-artnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-35022000540285330522011-08-12T12:45:58.113+10:002011-08-12T12:45:58.113+10:00I have added a link to Hermes' article on Kew ...I have added a link to Hermes' article on Kew Gardens and Marianne North. <br /><br />http://goldenagepaintings.blogspot.com/2011/08/marianne-north-gallery-at-kew.htmlHelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-44138070484586378152011-05-20T09:54:49.052+10:002011-05-20T09:54:49.052+10:00Thanks, Hels - I've just now got it on my Kind...Thanks, Hels - I've just now got it on my Kindle - I'll have a look. Warmest wishes, Moe.Moe.on.the.Moorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12097349209890587037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-434510456374893002011-05-19T10:50:36.691+10:002011-05-19T10:50:36.691+10:00Moe
what a great thesis topic. I hope it goes well...Moe<br />what a great thesis topic. I hope it goes well.<br /><br />I cannot help you, except to give you the reference I read in which Eliot's name was used in passing.<br />Abundant Beauty: The Adventurous Travels of Marianne North, Botanical Artist, by Marianne North with an introduction by Laura Ponsonby.<br /><br />Even then, I wasn't confident enough to refer to Eliot in the body of the text. Just in the Comments section.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-42577098667542003422011-05-18T15:32:14.174+10:002011-05-18T15:32:14.174+10:00I am doing my PhD dissertation on Marianne North a...I am doing my PhD dissertation on Marianne North at Cambridge. Love to see so much interest in North and her work and appreciate your post very much. <br /><br />Could you point me to a source regarding Geo. Eliot's admiration for North. I know from the correspondences kept at Kew that North read the author during her travels, I never knew the feelings were mutual.Moe.on.the.Moorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12097349209890587037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-24855520753907569632011-04-01T17:54:55.872+11:002011-04-01T17:54:55.872+11:00Anon
How fantastic! Robert Dowling was known for m...Anon<br />How fantastic! Robert Dowling was known for many subjects: portraits, elegant estates, genre and social history themes... but not botanical images. So I am delighted they got together, at least in an artistic collaboration :)Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-9212667689442631802011-04-01T03:20:56.834+11:002011-04-01T03:20:56.834+11:00You have missed out one interesting point. When Ma...You have missed out one interesting point. When Marianne learned from the artists you mention, she was working in watercolour. She was introduced to Oil Painting by the famous Australian artist Robert Dowling, and took to it 'as a Scotsman does to dram-drinking'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-30421025286447438502011-01-03T20:52:23.865+11:002011-01-03T20:52:23.865+11:00Pamela said...
Hello Helen
Found your website reg...Pamela said...<br /><br />Hello Helen<br />Found your website regarding Marianne North - she truly was an amazing artist - so much talent & a woman way before her time.<br /><br />Marianne's father, Frederick North, had a brother named Dudley. Dudley married my GG Grandmother's Sister, Sarah Lockyer in Sydney in 1835. Sarah Lockyer's Father (Major Edmund Lockyer) contributed a great deal to Australia's History - he was also an Artist, there is 1 or 2 of his paintings/sketches in our National Library - the remainder are in Private Collections in the UK. <br /><br />Both families, the Lockyers & the Norths, have a heritage to be admired..Marianne is now linked to the early days of Australian Pioneers.<br /><br />Regards<br />Pamela Richards<br /><br /><br />Helen said...<br />Pamela you are a champion :) And you come from a fine family. <br /><br />I have kept your reference urls, should anyone want to pursue their research further. Many thanksHelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-67618171239406787792010-09-04T14:34:58.553+10:002010-09-04T14:34:58.553+10:00Sue said...
My first introduction to Marianne Nort...Sue said...<br />My first introduction to Marianne North was through a book I picked up in Santiago Chile at the gallery. It is “Chilean Flora Through the Eyes of Marianne North.” It is a beautifully illustrated book and very informative as well. From the moment I opened the book I was enthralled by this amazing woman and her adventurous spirit. <br /><br />As an amateur painter I was also very taken with her in-situ style of painting, which said so much more about her as an observer and chronicler than as a painter. As you can see below I am involved in the area of ecotourism and have studied extensively in this field. What a thrill to discover a woman who was so ahead of her time I feel as though I have found a kindred spirit.<br /><br />Now why am I writing to you? Because I get the impression that you have the same admiration for Marianne and other similarly interesting women of the past.<br /><br />I have a desire to further explore anything written about women explorers of the period and have done some internet research into this. But I was hoping that you may be able to suggest a good starting point.<br /><br />My ultimate desire is still a bit vague but was even thinking of trying to retrace the journeys of Ms. North within Australia and In Chile. This idea is very much at the concept stage.<br /><br />I would be very interested in any information you may be able to give me, be it book references or web sites or essays.<br /><br /><br /><br />Hels said...<br />What an amazing project - I hope it comes off for you :)<br /><br />1]North, M Recollections of a Happy Life, Being the Autobiography of Marianne North, Biolife LLC, 2009. This was my main reference.<br /><br />2]North, M and Bateman, G (ed) Visions of Eden: The Life and Work of Marianne North, Webb & Bower, 1980. Published in collaboration with The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew<br /><br />3]North, M and Symonds, Janet Some further recollections of a happy life, selected from the journals of Marianne North, chiefly between the years 1859 and 1869, London, Macmillan, 1893.<br /><br />4]A new book is coming out that looks excellent. Abundant Beauty: The Adventurous Travels of Marianne North, Botanical Artist, Greystone Books, 2011.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-51468538810802806842009-12-28T22:00:53.912+11:002009-12-28T22:00:53.912+11:00This comment has been removed by the author.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16126638204769928136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-63374663355088330252009-12-22T17:39:41.294+11:002009-12-22T17:39:41.294+11:00Thanks everyone. I wish I could find some contempo...Thanks everyone. I wish I could find some contemporary reviews of North's art, by other artists, collectors or art critics. Knowing that writer George Eliot admired North's paintings is interesting in feminist circles, but not very helpful in art circles.<br /><br />Any contemporary references to her art would be gratefully received.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-69613519990118306332009-12-22T16:32:42.119+11:002009-12-22T16:32:42.119+11:00What a wonderful collection of this master artist&...What a wonderful collection of this master artist's work. I wish I could see it in person.<br /><br />Mrs. Enzie Shahmiri ~ Portrait Artist<br />Please Visit my Blogs:<br /><br><a href="http://world-market-portraits.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">World Market Portraits</a> * <a href="http://theorientalistgallery.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">The Orientalist Gallery</a><br />* <a href="http://sur-la-table-cuisine.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Sur La Table Cuisine</a> * <a href="http://garden-delights.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Garden Delights</a> * <a href="http://pet-portraits-oilpaintings.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"><br />Pet Portraits</a>Enzie Shahmirihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13959938138147453529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-88715965534669317032009-12-22T04:47:40.985+11:002009-12-22T04:47:40.985+11:00I am always struck by just how much women achieve ...I am always struck by just how much women achieve when given the independence, financial and othrwise, with which to follow their dreams.ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13139508470517226199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-68578086951715379582009-12-21T21:39:53.665+11:002009-12-21T21:39:53.665+11:00Marianne North's collection is one place I alw...Marianne North's collection is one place I always make sure to visit when I'm at Kew Gardens. The dense, colourful display she created is almost more impressive than the paintings themselves!CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.com