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Tag: Tulipomania

  • Saturday, February 1, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Botany in Art: A Botanical Tour of the Worcester Art Museum

    Judith Sumner, Ph.D, botanist, author, and past Garden Club of the Back Bay speaker, will conduct a Tower Hill Botanical Garden tour entitled Botany in Art: A Botanical Tour of the Worcester Art Museum, on Saturday, February 1, from 10 – 12. Meet at the Worcester Art Museum for a gallery tour with a different twist. Explore the collection for botanical images, from the bonsai and lingzhi fungus of the Chinese jade collection to the stylized fruit depicted in the highly regarded Antioch mosaics. Paintings also reveal subtle botanical symbolism, such as the wildflowers that appear in the Renaissance religious art. Investigate floral paintings and tulipomania, idealized landscapes of the 19th century, and John Singer Sargent’s painting of Lady Warwick ( a Socialist who later abandoned society and founded a women’s horticultural college).   Co-sponsored with New England Wild Flower Society. $24 for members of THBG or NEWFS, $29 for non members.  Register by clicking here.

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  • Sunday, April 26, 2 pm – Tulipomania: Banking with Bulbs During the Golden Age of Dutch Culture

    As part of the Bellefield Design Lectures at the Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites, Eric Haskell will present an illustrated talk.  Eric Haskell is an author and professor at Scripps College .  The event is in celebration of the Quadricentennial of Henry Hudson’s journey up the Hudson.  $50 ($45 for BFGA members) includes wine and hors d’oeuvres.  Event will be held at The Henry A. Wallace Center, home of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hyde Park, New York.  Limited seating.  Advance purchase of tickets strongly recommended.  For more information contact Anne Symmes at infor@beatrixfarrandgarden.org, or call 845-229-9115, ext. 26.  To learn more about the Beatrix Farrand Garden Association visit www.beatrixfarrandgarden.org.