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> 8 years ago

11 beautiful art gardens to see before you die

From Frida Kahlo’s courtyard to a tropical sculpture park in Brazil, art and the outdoors meet to spectacular effect across the world. With Monet’s paintings of Giverny in our galleries, here are 11 more must-see gardens for art-lovers.
Flowers and foliage line the garden path of Monet's garden at Giverny

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< 9 years ago

Natural affinity: six gardeners pick their favourite painters

Garden historian Tim Richardson explores the relationship between artists and garden-makers, and selects six of the world’s most celebrated garden designers to shed new light on the artists in Painting the Modern Garden.

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< 9 years ago

The Monet guide to gardening

Love gardening? Here’s how to do it like your favourite Impressionist – from top tips to sourcing your seeds.
Claude Monet in the garden of his house at Giverny, 1926

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9 years ago

Six of the best: artist-gardeners

In 2016, the Royal Academy explores the influence that gardens exerted on the evolution of art from the 1860s to the 1920s. Here we pick out six of the greatest artist-gardeners from ‘Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse’.