Author : Phillip Cribb
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780802115003
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Forgotten Orchids of Alexandre Brun by : Phillip Cribb
Download or read book The Forgotten Orchids of Alexandre Brun written by Phillip Cribb and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In fin de siecle France, orchid rearing was something of an obsession, and Emile Libreck commissioned artist Brun to paint his rare specimens. The paintings, bound in leather volumes, have been shown only twice since the 1950s. Fifty-nine of Brun's watercolors are beautifully reproduced in this oversized (10.25x13") volume, each captioned in some detail by Phillip Cribb (curator of the orchid herbarium at the [British] Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). In an illustrated essay, Cribb explains the background of the art of orchid cultivation, and the cutthroat competitiveness of orchid collecting. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.