Impressionists in Their Gardens

Lavishly illustrated, this publication includes photographs of how these gardens are nowImpressionists in their Gardens covers the entire impressionist movementFeatures information on how the fashionable plants that were used, discovered and cultivatedIllustrated in gorgeous color photographs of famous impressionist paintings and garden sites – Chicago BotanicImpressionists in their Gardens explores gardens through the senses of the Impressionists from three continents – Europe, North America and Australia – enjoying the essentially similar pleasures of the garden, but engaging with the light from their skies in order to create very different sensations. The enclosure of the garden acts like a picture frame showcasing a living canvas that exudes the individuality, vision and taste of its tenants, their family, friends, lifestyles and, in the simple words of the greatest Impressionist and gardener Monet, providing motifs to paint.The first section uses contemporary paintings and photographs to see the who, what and where of Impressionist gardens – planting, eating, loving, sleeping, children, animals, working and painting. The second section, illustrated with paintings, old photographs and modern images, starts at the horticultural source – the nurseryman Latour-Marliac at Temple sur Lot, then Monet at Giverny; American Impressionists at Old Lyme, Cos Cob and Appledore in the USA; Gertrude Jekyll at Munstead Wood and beyond; the Heidelburg School and Frederick McCubbin at Fontainebleau; and, chronologically last but not least, Renoir at Les Colettes.