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Handpicked: Painting Flowers From 1900 to Today<\/em><\/strong> celebrates the beauty and vitality of flower paintings of the 20th and 21st centuries. Beautifully illustrated, this anthology features essays on paintings by significant figures of the 20th century, as well as contemporary artists working with the genre of flower painting in new and often experimental ways today.<\/p>\n

Artists: Hurvin Anderson, Vanessa Bell, David Bomberg, Louise Bourgeois, Jai Chuhan, Andrew Cranston, Kaye Donachie, Gigi Ettedgui, Anna Freeman Bentley, Marjory Garnett, Tirzah Garwood, Gluck, Lubaina Himid, Howard Hodgkin, Isak of Igdlorpait, Nerys Johnson, David Jones, Poppy Jones, Joy Labinjo, Doron Langberg, Aubrey Levinthal, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Rory McEwen, Cedric Morris, Cassi Namoda, Mary Newcomb, William Nicholson, Winifred Nicholson, Chris Ofili, Jennifer Packer, Celia Paul, Bryan Pearce, Emma Prempeh, Bianca Raffaella, Eric Ravilious, Anne Redpath, Henri Rousseau, William Scott, Judith Tucker, Euan Uglow, Charlotte Verity, Édouard Vuillard, Caroline Walker, Alison Watt, Christopher Wood, Clare Woods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A beautifully illustrated anthology of flower paintings by 46 artists from 1900 to today. This new book includes paintings by such renowned artists as Henri Rousseau, Vanessa Bell and Lubaina Himid.
Illustrations of 46 paintings
\nForeword by Megan Breckell, Andrew Nairne and Naomi Polonsky
\nTexts exploring paintings of flowers by 46 artists from 1900 to today. Authors: Megan Breckell and Naomi Polonsky
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