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
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Clarence’s favourite flower, the humble Dandelion, in one of the vellum-bound albums by Clarence Bicknell in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. No.59 in our series of postings of images by Clarence Bicknell. https://bit.ly/37iy8AU12 This image by Clarence Bicknell of the humble dandelion in a majestic arts-and-crafts pose is one of his most iconic. The symmetrical pattern
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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
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A decorative floral design from his Book of Guests in Esperanto written and drawn by Clarence Bicknell between 1910 and 1918. Clarence Bicknell wrote a page in Esperanto about each visitor and decorated the page with a botanical drawing, often developing the guest’s initial into a monogram. In the Bicknell Collection curated by Marcus Bicknell
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The Children’s Book of Wild Flowers by Clarence Bicknell has watercolour drawings of four flowers on the righthand page and their description on the lefthand page. The first letter of the genus is illustrated with a monogram drawing from features of the plant. The hand-written and -illustrated book is in the Bicknell family collection curated
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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
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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…
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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
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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
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