We were pleased to get an email today from Anura Saparamadu in Sri Lanka. “My name is Anura Saparamadu and I am an art historian and writer from Sri Lanka. I published a book on Vintage Posters of Ceylon a few years ago which has now become one of the most sought after reference books […]
Clarence Bicknell sketches in Ceylon in 1908 Read More »
If you live within driving distance of Bordighera you have a few more days in which to see a remarkable exhibition linked to Clarence Bicknell. It was indeed in the Chiesa Anglicana that he first practiced on arrival in the town in 1878, albeit a smaller church then than now. Gisella Merello, historian and writer,
I WILL BE TO THEM A LITTLESANCTUARY IN THE COUNTRIESWHERE THEY SHALL COME At the request of Gisella Merello, author of her new book La Chiesa Anglicana di All Saints a Bordighera (Alzani Editore), I helped decypher this worn inscription above the church door. This is a rendering into useful “title” English of a significant
Inscription on the main door of the Chiesa Anglicana in Bordighera Read More »
We received today copies of the latest edition of Nice Historique, the journal of the Acadèmia Nissarda. It features the Botanistes aux Sommets, botanists who were also alpinists, including Clarence Bicknell and some of his friends like Emile Burnat and Fritz Mader. Some of the text and images are drawn from the exhibition of the
Nice Historique – Les Botanistes aux Sommets 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 »
In response to the recent newsletter from the Clarence Bicknell Association, Dssa. Daniela Gandolfi, director of the Istituto Internazionale di Studi Liguri and of the Museo Bicknell in Bordighera, Italy, sent us a most informative note about their recent work on Clarence Bicknell. The world was most impressed with their 2018 exhibition celebrating the centenary
Museo Bicknell, Bordighera, and the IISL – contributions to Clarence Bicknell’s legacy 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 »
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 »
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 »
In italiano sotto Violet Van Biesbroeck – A mystery solved. The little girl in the 1915 Christmas card to Clarence is the newly-born daughter of the man who drew the picture, Jules van Biesbroeck. Violet Leonie Van Biesbroeck was born in Bordighera on 12 March 1915 to Jules van Biesbroeck and his wife Stephanie (née
Violet Van Biesbroeck – Un mistero risolto. Read More »
