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The Bauer Brothers
The Bauer Brothers

The Bauer Brothers

Images of Nature

Images of Nature

ART

112 Pages, 8.5 x 10

Formats: Trade Paper

Trade Paper, $22.95 (US $22.95) (CA $27.95)

Publication Date: February 2016

ISBN 9780565093594

Rights: US & CA

Natural History Museum, London (Feb 2016)

Price: $22.95
 
 

Overview

A beautiful study of the lives and art of two of the greatest botanical illustrators of all time

The art of Franz and Ferdinand Bauer was praised by the poet and botanist Johann Goethe as the perfect expression of the aims of botanical illustration. This book examines the contrasting lives of Franz (1758-1840), who for 50 years was the resident artist at London's Kew Gardens and Ferdinand (1760-1826) who led a life of travel and adventure as a natural history artist including participating in the voyage to Australia of HMS Investigator (1801-1805). It is illustrated with images from the superb archive of Bauer drawings at the Natural History Museum Library, many of which have never been published. These include beautiful and finely detailed watercolors of flowering plants collected from across the world, pioneering microscopical drawings of plant anatomy, and pictures of the newly discovered animals from the coasts of Australia.

 

Author Biography

Paul Martyn Cooper is a special collections librarian at the Natural History Museum where he has worked for 28 years. Paul's work has focused on the acquisition and curation of the Life Sciences literature. Since 2011 he has had a special responsibility for artwork, manuscripts, and rare books.