The Forgotten Orchids of Alexandre Brun
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0802115004
ISBN 13
9780802115003
Category
General Coffee-table Photo and Art Books
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Publication Year
1992
Publisher
Grove Press, United States
Pages
159
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Description
In France, orchid rearing became a virtual obsession. Emile Libreck, creator of a prize-winning collection, commissioned the artist Alexandre Brun to paint his outstanding specimens for posterity. Over a period of two years Brun sets about depicting every frill, spiral, and streak of Libreck's voluptuous blooms. The finished paintings were later bound in leather volumes and locked away in a London bank vault. Only twice since the 1950's have they seen the light of day, and on one of those occasions, in 1981 they won the Royal Horticultural Society's Gold Medal.
Here for the first time are 59 of Brun's exquisite watercolors, reproduced in magnificent full- color prints that perfectly preserve the vibrancy and freshness of the originals.
Here for the first time are 59 of Brun's exquisite watercolors, reproduced in magnificent full- color prints that perfectly preserve the vibrancy and freshness of the originals.
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