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Docteur Grill From: The garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches by William Robinson (editor). London, 1890, January - June, volume 37, plate 736. Chromolithograph by Guillaume Severeyns after painting by H.G. Moon (sheet 218 x 282 mm). Text enclosed. € 85
All gardeners owe an infinite debt of gratitude
to William Robinson - founder of The Garden (1871-1927) and Flora and
Sylva (1903-05), and author of The English Flower Garden (1883, etc.)
and other works - who helped to break the tyranny of formal bedding and, like
Ruskin, drew attention to the beauties of the wild garden. Among the artists
whom he employed was Henry Moon, who struck a new and personal, if not entirely
healthy, note in botanical illustration. … (Blunt & Stearn). From 1880 Henry
George Moon’s plant portraits dominated the pages of The Garden, a
popular horticultural publication. Renowned for his lifelike paintings of
orchids, Moon appealed to Robinson because of his ability to sketch flowers in a
graceful, naturalistic style. The subtle colourings of his paintings and simple
arrangement of flowers were very unlike the more stylised renderings that
appeared in competitors’ publications. The beautiful colour-plates were
lithographed and printed by the Belgian firm G. Severeyns and its successor J.L.
Goffart, notable for their craftmanship.* Blunt & Stearn pp. 239-240; Nissen BBI 2264; B-P-H 391-10. www.meemelink.com · index · Rosaceae |