L’arte botanica di Clarence

Clarence’s Botanical Art

Clarence was less interested in emulating the grandiose art works dominating his childhood home than in

he collected with his mother Lucinda, a talented artist. When he settled in Bordighera in 1878, botany became his principal interest and he developed his considerable skill as a botanical artist. Within 5 years he had done over 1,100 botanical watercolours and in 1885, he published Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Riviera with 82 plates and notes on 280 species. He donated over 3,300 of his botanical plates to Genoa University and another 1,100 are in other museums and collections.

Clarence was greatly respected as a botanist, and was a driving force in a network of many of the leading botanists of the day such as Emile Burnat in Switzerland , Augusto Béguinot in Genoa and Harold Stuart Thompson in the UK, with whom he exchanged samples and correspondence.

L’arte botanica di Clarence

Clarence non era particolarmente interessato ad emulare le grandiose opere d’arte che dominavano la sua casa d’infanzia. Lo interessavano, invece, il disegno e la pittura

un’artista di talento. Quando si stabilì a Bordighera, nel 1878, la botanica divenne la sua principale passione e sviluppò notevoli abilità come artista botanico. Nel giro di cinque anni creò più di mille acquarelli e nel 1885 pubblicò

della Riviera) che comprendeva 82 tavole a colori e note riguardanti 280 specie. Inoltre, donò più di 3.300 delle sue tavole botaniche all’Università di Genova e ulteriori 1.100 si trovano ora in altri musei e collezioni private.

Clarence fu molto rispettato come botanico e fu una forza trainante nella rete dei principali esperti dell’epoca, come Emile Burnat in Svizzera, Augusto Béguinot a Genova e Harold Stuart Thompson nel Regno Unito, con i quali intrattenne scambi di campioni botanici e corrispondenza.

L’art Botanique de Clarence

Clarence est moins intéressé par l’imitation des œuvres d’art grandioses qui dominent la maison de son enfance

qu’il recueille avec sa mère Lucinda, artiste talentueuse. Quand il s’installe à Bordighera en 1878, la botanique devient son principal centre d’intérêt et il développe des compétences considérables en tant qu’artiste botanique. En 5 ans, il réalise plus de milles aquarelles botaniques et, en 1885, il publie Flowering Plants and Ferns of the

avec 82 planches en couleur et des notes sur 280 espèces. Il fait don de plus de 3.300 de ses planches botaniques à l’Université de Gênes et 1.100 autres se trouvent dans d’autres musées et collections.

Clarence est très respecté en tant que botaniste et une force motrice dans un réseau de nombreux botanistes renommés tels qu’Emile Burnat en Suisse, Augusto Béguinot à Gênes et Harold Stuart Thompson au Royaume-Uni, avec lesquels il échange des échantillons et des lettres. 2 plates from the Università degli Studi di Genova; the second was done 6 days before he died

5 plates from Clarence Bicknell’s Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Riviera, 1885