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Red Water Lily of Southern India - Marianne North
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A detailed botanical study of the red water lily by Victorian explorer and artist Marianne North, captured in oil on board.
Marianne North was a prolific Victorian traveller and painter who documented global flora with scientific precision. During her extensive travels, she produced over eight hundred oil paintings, many of which are now housed in the Marianne North Gallery at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. This work depicts the Nymphaea rubra, or red water lily, observed during her time in India.
North utilised oil on board for her studies, a choice that allowed her to capture the specific colouration and texture of exotic plants in situ. Her approach avoided the stylised conventions of contemporary botanical illustration, favouring a direct observation of the plant within its natural environment. The composition includes the surrounding reeds and dragonflies, providing context for the lily's habitat. The brushwork is deliberate, focusing on the contrast between the saturated crimson petals and the dark, reflective surface of the water.
Her work is notable for its refusal to simplify the subject matter. North documented plants as she encountered them, often including insects or environmental details that other illustrators might have omitted for the sake of clarity. This painting reflects her systematic method of recording biodiversity. By placing the viewer at the water level, she creates a sense of proximity to the subject. The work remains a significant record of nineteenth-century botanical exploration, demonstrating North's ability to balance aesthetic observation with the rigour of natural history documentation.
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Red Water Lily of Southern India - Marianne North
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Fine Art Poster / A4 (21x29.7 cm) / -
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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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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