Tag Archives: Royal Academy

Winifred Walker: “The most famous of all flower painters”

Posted on 05/10/2019 by The Gardens Trust

If I ask you to name the most famous of all flowers painters I very much doubt you’d reply Winifred Walker, yet that’s how she was described by a national newspaper a century ago in 1919. The description might be a … Continue reading →

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Adrian Berg

Posted on 29/04/2017 by The Gardens Trust

We’re used to seeing paintings of gardens in an historical context and using them as evidence, but I don’t think we take as much notice of contemporary representations of gardens as perhaps we should. I was reminded of this the other day … Continue reading →

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A conversation with Arthur Devis

Posted on 11/03/2017 by The Gardens Trust

In the early 18thc a style of portraiture developed, known as the conversation piece, which often depicted the sitter or sitters outside in a garden or parkland setting. The greatest exponent of this style was Arthur Devis, who painted the … Continue reading →