Claude Monet, The Artist's Garden at Giverny

Talk

The Art of Horticulture: Planting and Painting the ‘modern garden’

Free talk

Monday 4 April 2016 1 - 2pm

The Reynolds Room, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts

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Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse

Go to the exhibition

Meet Monet protecting his peonies with straw, Caillebotte inspecting orchids in his hot-house, Liebermann planning his Wannsee rose-bower, and Matisse thumbing the latest seed catalogues, in this talk by Clare A.P. Willsdon, Professor of the History of Western Art at the University of Glasgow.

The ‘artist-gardener’ came of age in the modern era, as hybridisation, use of greenhouses, and plants from overseas introduced exciting new effects of colour, form and scent to horticulture. Equally, many artists were enthralled by the new public gardens. Drawing on her research as Curatorial Consultant to Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse, Willsdon explores the fascinating links between art and the practice of horticulture, bringing to light such developments as Monet’s contribution to the first International Iris Congress, the inspiration of particular flowers and plants, influences from literature, music and politics, and links between French, British, German and Austrian art and garden-making.

Doors open at 12.30pm, no admittance will be granted for latecomers after 1pm. If you do not arrive before 1pm, your ticket will be released at that time to those waiting for returned tickets.

Free, booking required.

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