tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post2297969085728675427..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Marianne North - plant painter!Mary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-34407612501992459482018-05-19T10:14:25.546+01:002018-05-19T10:14:25.546+01:00Wonderful article! It's so lovely to see that...Wonderful article! It's so lovely to see that Marianne North is being acknowledged for her extraordinary life and work. My company, Creative Force, is delivering a project in Hastings about Marianne North. Next week, w/b 21st May 2018, we are working in the Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School on the Old London Road. It sits next to the house Marianne North was born in and the school sits in what used to be her gardens. The children are very excited as we are taking a fabulous artist in to make art with every child in the school and they will be doing some exploring too, in the grouns of their school which was, of course, Marianne's garden. In year groups they are covering different countries. Each piece or art will be framed and put on exhibition in their school hall in the same fashion, according to country, as Marianne's work in Kew. The project is rather more extensive than that and will continue for a few months with the aim of raising the profile of this amazing woman in Hastings, her home town. Our 'Exploring Marianne North' web site is soon to be published. Do take a look. It woudl be great if you could also like' the Exploring Marianne North Facebook page where we'll be keeping people up to date with our programme of work. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00665058830651057767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-43644682373889407682017-09-17T08:09:19.269+01:002017-09-17T08:09:19.269+01:00Yes, he did.Yes, he did.Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-91814354805966717262017-09-17T01:11:03.800+01:002017-09-17T01:11:03.800+01:00I like the bit about the tea plant and the coffee ...I like the bit about the tea plant and the coffee plant! She sounds like a remarkable woman, a botanist in her own right, not just an artist. She would have to understand how it all worked. Lucky for her she was middle class and had the money to indulge her passion - if she had been the daughter of a sweeper or a factory worker, she would never have been able to do this. I assume her father left her an income? Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-66691982082285340582017-09-16T18:05:03.631+01:002017-09-16T18:05:03.631+01:00How wonderful, Ruan! I hope someone from Kew reads...How wonderful, Ruan! I hope someone from Kew reads this...Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-33750496785270455802017-09-16T17:24:32.067+01:002017-09-16T17:24:32.067+01:00As a small girl I got taken to London, we saw the ...As a small girl I got taken to London, we saw the planetarium (which was magical) ate at a MacDonalds (very new and cheaper than most other places) and got to wander round Kew. My Father was disabled so wander wasn't a thing I was allowed to do much, we parked by the side gate and went in. My Mum and brother set off for the pagoda (my Mum's favorite thing) while my Dad sat on a bench not far into the gardens and just beyond him was a building set back a bit and half hidden in greenery.<br />'Off you go' was all he said and aged about 7 or 8, I wandered into paradise! The pictures were everywhere, all smushed up against each other, with labels of continents which seemed so far away to me then. Colour, life, and wanders kept me there for ages, my Mum came looking for me and commented 'umm nice but we need to go now'. Pulling my body out but not my mind, I spent the next few years trying to paint and catch the colour, of course being young I only had those old style plastic colour palettes that came cheap and washed out. Despite many years passing as a student in London the only thing I bought every year was an annual ticket to Kew, I revised in the shade, studied on the grass and dreamed in the gallery! Leaving London was like being called away again, I have been back but the family in London are mostly on the opposite side of the city, but I plan to go again, and again :-)Ruan Peathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17999492027801288004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-15133998849580878682017-09-16T11:21:32.570+01:002017-09-16T11:21:32.570+01:00Thanks, Joan!Thanks, Joan!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-29976678623479837992017-09-16T10:49:07.828+01:002017-09-16T10:49:07.828+01:00Checked on Youtube and this was the programme, if ...Checked on Youtube and this was the programme, if anyone is interested in watching it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSuwpyYEfCYJoan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-75729963999579782702017-09-16T10:43:50.526+01:002017-09-16T10:43:50.526+01:00I only found out about Marianne North really recen...I only found out about Marianne North really recently when there was a BBC 4 programme about her - love her story, love her paintings, would love to see her building at Kew! Thanks for posting about her! (And can't wait for Jack!)Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-22419156578985905512017-09-16T08:34:26.762+01:002017-09-16T08:34:26.762+01:00Thank you, Leslie! As I was writing this, I looked...Thank you, Leslie! As I was writing this, I looked back at your post about plant-hunting in China, and thought the points you raised there were very important - the plant hunters were great adventurers, but there was a dark side... http://the-history-girls.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/victorian-plant-hunters-their-legacy-in.htmlSue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-60000514764520565402017-09-16T08:05:24.096+01:002017-09-16T08:05:24.096+01:00I went to look at her work some years ago. It was ...I went to look at her work some years ago. It was a dull winter day and those vibrant paintings were as heartening as seeing the orchid displays in the Kew greenhouses. I do agree that the stories of female travellers and of plant hunting are truly inspiring and exciting. Thanks for talking about Marianne. The book sounds great!Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.com