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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.
Foreword 06
\nArt is the f lower
\nEssay 08
\nTaking the deep snow of flowers
\nfor a pillow…
\nArtists
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\nVanessa Bell 18
\nDavid Bomberg 20
\nLouise Bourgeois 22
\nJai Chuhan 24
\nAndrew Cranston 26
\nKaye Donachie 28
\nGigi Ettedgui 30
\nAnna Freeman Bentley 32
\nMarjory Garnett 34
\nTirzah Garwood 36
\nGluck 38
\nLubaina Himid 40
\nHoward Hodgkin 42
\nIsak of Igdlorpait 44
\nNerys Johnson 46
\nDavid Jones 48
\nPoppy Jones 50
\nJoy Labinjo 52
\nDoron Langberg 54
\nAubrey Levinthal 56
\nCharles Rennie Mackintosh 58
\nRory McEwen 60
\nCedric Morris 62
\nCassi Namoda 64
\nMary Newcomb 66
\nWilliam Nicholson 68
\nWinifred Nicholson 70
\nChris Ofili 72
\nJennifer Packer 74
\nCelia Paul 76
\nBryan Pearce 78
\nEmma Prempeh 80
\nBianca Raffaella 82
\nEric Ravilious 84
\nAnne Redpath 86
\nHenri Rousseau 88
\nWilliam Scott 90
\nJudith Tucker 92
\nEuan Uglow 94
\nCharlotte Verity 96
\nTÉdouard Vuillard 98
\nCaroline Walker 100
\nAlison Watt 102
\nChristopher Wood 104
\nClare Woods 106
\nArtist biographies 108
\nImage credits 116
\nAcknowledgements 118
\nColophon 120<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":72591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5523],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-72590","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-art","7":"author-by-author-megan-breckell","8":"author-by-author-naomi-polonsky","9":"publisher-kettles-yard-university-of-cambridge","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHandpicked - ACC Art Books US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/handpicked\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Handpicked - ACC Art Books US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A beautifully illustrated anthology of flower paintings by 46 artists from 1900 to today. 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