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Marianne North
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Common Aloe in Flower, Teneriffe - Marianne NorthPrint
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A Bornean Pitcher Plant, Sarawak, Borneo - Marianne NorthPrint
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A Javan Rhododendron and Ipomoea - Marianne NorthPrint
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The Mariposa Grove of Big Trees, California - Marianne NorthPrint
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A Bornean Crinum - Marianne NorthPrint
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A Fallen Giant, Calaveras Grove, California - Marianne NorthPrint
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Trees Laden with Parasites and Epiphytes in a Brazilian Garden - Marianne NorthPrint
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Parasites on Beech Trees, Chili - Marianne NorthPrint
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A Bush Fire at Sunset, Queensland - Marianne NorthPrint
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Papyrus or Paper Reed Growing in the Ciane, Sicily - Marianne NorthPrint
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A Bornean Pitcher Plant, Sarawak, Borneo - Marianne NorthPrint
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The Wild Tamarind of Jamaica with Scarlet Pod and Barbet - Marianne NorthPrint
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The Mariposa Grove of Big Trees, California - Marianne NorthPrint
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Fruit Grown in the Seychelles - Marianne NorthPrint
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Flowers and Fruit of the Maricojas Passion Flower, Brazil - Marianne NorthPrint
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A Javan Rhododendron and Ipomoea - Marianne NorthPrint
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A New Zealand Dracophyllum - Marianne NorthPrint
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A Mangrove Swamp in Sarawak, Borneo - Marianne NorthPrint
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Possum up a Gum Tree - Marianne NorthPrint
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Limestone Mountains of Sarawak, Borneo - Marianne NorthPrint
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A Darjeeling Oak Festooned with a Climber - Marianne NorthPrint
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Ripe Fruit of a Screw Pine and a Sprig of Sandal Wood - Marianne NorthPrint
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Nepenthes northiana - Marianne NorthPrint
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Foliage, Flowers and Seed-Vessels of Cotton and Fruit of Star Apple, Jamaica - Marianne NorthPrint
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Artist Biography
Marianne North
North considered marriage a terrible experiment that turned women into a sort of upper servant. Her inheritance depended on staying single, and she kept it. Between 1871 and 1885, she travelled to fifteen countries in fourteen years, almost always alone.
She was born in 1830 into a wealthy Norfolk family. Her father was an MP. She trained as a singer, but her voice failed and she turned to painting. She was devoted to her father and travelled with him until his death in 1869, which freed her to go further.
She painted plants in oils, not watercolours, and she painted them in situ within their habitats, including animals, people, and temples. In Borneo she painted a pitcher plant unknown to science, which was named Nepenthes northiana in her honour. Charles Darwin personally suggested she visit Australia. She completed 848 paintings in thirteen years, donated 832 to Kew Gardens, and paid for the gallery to house them herself. The Marianne North Gallery at Kew remains the only permanent solo exhibition in a major UK institution. She died in 1890.
She was born in 1830 into a wealthy Norfolk family. Her father was an MP. She trained as a singer, but her voice failed and she turned to painting. She was devoted to her father and travelled with him until his death in 1869, which freed her to go further.
She painted plants in oils, not watercolours, and she painted them in situ within their habitats, including animals, people, and temples. In Borneo she painted a pitcher plant unknown to science, which was named Nepenthes northiana in her honour. Charles Darwin personally suggested she visit Australia. She completed 848 paintings in thirteen years, donated 832 to Kew Gardens, and paid for the gallery to house them herself. The Marianne North Gallery at Kew remains the only permanent solo exhibition in a major UK institution. She died in 1890.
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