We are pleased to confirm a second conference on the same weekend in November, in Bordighera, with the same speakers from the Clarence Bicknell Association … Incontro previsto per domenica 20 novembre nel Salone del Museo Bicknell di Bordighera, a partire dalle ore 16. Botanici sulle cime – Botanistes aux Sommets Con interventi diDssa. Daniela […]
We are pleased to confirm the conference in Nice with speakers from the Clarence Bicknell Association … L’ACADÈMIA NISSARDALES AMIS DU MUSÉUM D’HISTOIRE NATURELLE DE NICEen partenariat avec LE MUSÉUM D’HISTOIRE NATURELLE DE NICEInvitation, Rencontre et conférences“Des Botanistes aux sommets”samedi 19 novembre 2022 à 16H30au Palais de l’Agriculture à Nice, 113, Promenade des Anglais, Nice
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Today I received an interesting email from Francisca van Vloten, Head Curator & Advisor to the Museum Domburg in the Netherlands, asking whether Clarence knew Jo Koster, the Dutch artist, who stayed in Bordighera from December 1899 to March 1900 in the Villa Constantia and the Pension du Paradis. If you know anything about this
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New research shows the strong connections between Barry and Bordighera in the period 1920 to 1960. By Marcus Bicknell, October 2022 English version below the Italian Punti chiave: Claude Francis Barry (1883-1970) realizzò almeno 40 immagini di Bordighera e dintorni (15-20% della sua produzione totale), un fatto che non sembra essere noto né agli studiosi
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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
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We are pleased to advise visitors to this web site that Graham Avery, Vice-Chairman of the Clarence Bicknell Association, has written a new online paper on Botanists in the Book of Guests in Esperanto. This was triggered by, and accompanies, the publication in July of The Book of Guests in Esperanto in print form (you
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Eldonita en julio 2022 kaj nun havebla, tutmonde, de Amazon, aŭ en certaj librovendejoj kaj ankaŭ de old.clarencebicknell.com/shop se vi loĝas en Britio. The Book of Guests in Esperanto estas majstroverko de sindediĉo kaj talento de la stilo arts-and-crafts en akvareloj de talenta kaj distra multesciulo de la malfrua 19-a jarcento. Clarence Bicknell (1842-1918) konstruis
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Clarence Bicknell’s Book of Guests in Esperanto is a masterpiece of dedication and arts-and-crafts talent in watercolours, published in book form worldwide.. Published July 2022 on Amazon and in selected bookshops. Clarence Bicknell (1842-1918) built his summer house, the Casa Fontanalba, in the Italian Maritime Alps in 1906, and year-after-year created hand-drawn vellum-bound albums featuring
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Postcard from Clarence Bicknell to Emile Cartailhac, April 1911, in the archives of Toulouse University. With thanks to Helen Blancfrancard for finding it and sending us the link. VersoCard postmarked 11th April 1911, over a green stamp of the Bordighera Esperanto Group Antauen. Sent to Le Prof. Emile Cartailhac, 5 rue de la Chaine, Toulouse,
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104 years ago today, 17 July 1918, was a sunny day in Casterino. Luigi Pollini carried Clarence Bicknell out onto the terrace of his ‘cottage’ where he died peacefully, in the surroundings which he loved, encircled by the mountains which he knew as ‘The Gate of Heaven’. Luigi was not just someone in Clarence Bicknell’s
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