gardens in art

"Features over twenty gardens that have been secret retreat, muse, home and studio to our greatest painters. In their lifetimes, their gardens supplied the inspiration for creative works while today they illuminate their professional motivation and private lives from Paul C?zanne's house in the south of France to Frederick Childe Hassam at Celia Thaxter's garden off the coast of Maine, USA"--Back cover.

Uses personal letters and reproductions of Vincent van Gogh's paintings to describe van Gogh's theories and visions about gardens.

Presents photographs from the garden of impressionist artist Paul Cezanne, noting the comparisons between his paintings and those images; and discusses the life and work of Cezanne, focusing on how he was inspired by nature.

A guide to creating country garden art that reviews basic watercolor techniques and explains different methods for producing a variety of line textures in pen and ink.