Part one of a two-part series of tree paintings. Today we feature female painters and then on Monday it’s the men. The aim is to show comparative renderings of these spectacular plants by some of the most renowned female artists ever. Although we have numbered them, this is not a rank, just a way to …
Beautiful old botanical paintings of cacti today from the book: “Iconographie descriptive des cactees, ou, Essais systematiques et raisonnes sur l’histoire naturelle, la classification et la culture des plantes de cette famille“. Which translates (roughly) to: Featured iconography cacti, or systematic and reasoned essays on natural history, classification and cultivation of plants in this family. …
Franz Eugen Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen or Medicinal Plants was published in 1887 in Germany. It comes in four volumes and includes over 300 detailed, beautiful, botanical illustrations of plants. Below we supply 88 from Volume 1. The book was written by Kohler but the pictures were drawn by artists L. Müeller and C.F. Schmidt. They were …
Cherry blossom festivals are soon to get underway all over the northern hemisphere. In some places they are small events, in others much bigger affairs. The more cherry trees in an urban area often denotes the likelihood of a festival. In essence, the purpose of these festivals, adopted from Japanese culture, is to celebrate feelings …
Chris Ofili lives and works in Barbados and Trinidad. The photographed plant segments below are taken from his thrilling artworks currently on show at Victoria Miro, London.
Where should we meet but in this shabby park Where the railings are missing and the branches black? Industrial pastoral, our circuit Of grass under ash, long standing water And unimportant sunsets flaring up Above the half-dismantled fair. Our place Of in-betweens, abandoned viaducts And modern flowers, dock and willowherb, Lost mongrels, birdsong scratching at …
If you are on Twitter and are not following @treesinmusic then you are missing out. A diverse list of artists and genres across many decades all share a common bond – trees. It gives a flavour of just how much inspiration comes from these big plants. Here are six of the best – all women …
Oh to be in England in April! Wildflowers are here in abundance now. Time to refresh your plant identification skills. If you are unable to identify at least 10-20 of the plants growing in your neighbourhood, it is probable you are missing out on something very special. A buttercup is a good one to master, it’s unmistakably …
Plants are all around us in urban areas, we just have to look. London for example is teeming with plants; with wild species, curated spaces full of cultivated ones, and artistic representations all present. Take a stroll down New Bond Street right now, all the high-end designers are pushing botanics like mad. This weekend on a walk …