The Casa Fontanalba Visitors’ Book, of which we published a reproduction in 2017, continues to reveal stories of Clarence and his eminent friends. Graham Avery has made a new breathrough in finding a report of the Société Botanique de France about the visit of certain of their members to Clarence’s house in the mountains. Not […]
French Botanists at Casa Fontanalba in 1910 Read More »
We celebrated by Zoom on Friday night the ten years since Graham Avery started working with us on Clarence. Below you can see the first email which Graham sent to us, ten years ago. The first of many of course. His numerous articles are at old.clarencebicknell.com/documents. He told us about the books he is writing
Celebrating Graham Avery’s 10 years working on Clarence Bicknell Read More »
Our team is working hard on the upcoiming publication of the the Book of Guests in Esperanto by Clarence Bicknell, a little masterpiece of mountain flowers in his arts-and-crafts style opposite a short note on each of the overnight guests in the Casa Fontanalba. One subject Graham Avery raised has me stumped. He writes “The
The Book of Guests in Esperanto – the mystery of the end date Read More »
Here is a monogram B in the index of a Vellum-bound album by Clarence Bicknell in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Even in a simple design like this, Clarence’s arts-and-crafts instincts and botanical art skills make a pleasing design. Plans are afoot to publish his Book of Guests in Esperanto which contains several such monogram initials…
Monogram B in the index of a Vellum-bound album Read More »
We are delighted to announce that Clarence Bicknell will be well represented at an international conference on The Paradise of the English in the Ligurian Riviera – Stories, Landscapes and People at the Villa Marigola near La Spezia in Italy on 25-26 March 2022. I have been invited to present a paper and have co-authored
The Paradise of the English in the Ligurian Riviera – Clarence Bicknell presence Read More »
Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Riviera and Neighbouring MountainsClarence Bicknell, 1885https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Flora_of_Bordighera_and_San_Remo.html?id=TkC9QAAACAAJ&redir_esc=yThe printed version of the book is available at AbeBooks for about £20 (print on demand). Copies of the first edition have occasionally been available in the past from specialised booksellers for about £350. Flora of Bordighera and San RemoClarence Bicknell, 1896https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Flora_of_Bordighera_and_San_Remo/oKM-AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Fritz+Mader&printsec=frontcoverThe printed version
Clarence Bicknell’s three main books now available online Read More »
Walter Mey signed the Casa Fontanalba Visitors’ Book on 23rd August 1906, page 3. Who was this gentleman? Can you help us identify him? Clarence did not know! He write in the Book of Guests in Esperanto “Walter Mey, of Berlin. About this gentleman I only know that he arrived late in the evening, with
Walter Mey – unidentified visitor Read More »
It was through his research into Clarence Bicknell that Graham Avery, the Vice-Chairman of the Clarence Bicknell Association, became interested in Fritz Mader. Fritz Mader (1872-1921) alpinist, geologist, botanist, glaciologist, speleologist and photographer, was the son of the pastor of the German-speaking church in Nice. He was educated at a French Lycée in Nice, at
Fritz Mader, Pioneer of Natural History – by Graham Avery Read More »
By Graham Avery The Swiss botanist Henry Correvon visited Clarence Bicknell at his summer home Casa Fontanalba in Casterino on 16 July 1914, and signed his name in the Casa Fontanalba Visitors’ Book. I have recently discovered a description by Correvon of his visit. Henry Correvon (1854 -1939) was a horticulturalist, botanist, and member of
Henry Correvon at Casa Fontanalba, 16 July 1914 Read More »
Clarence Bicknell left a record of places, flowers and events in hundreds of pencil or ink drawings in pocket-size sketch books, most with the location and date added. Many are in the Bicknell collection and some in the “Lotto 2017” collection of the Museo Bicknell in Bordighera. Some of the sketches can be linked to
Clarence’s health trip in the mountains 1888 Read More »
