The Artist's Garden av Jackie Bennett

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<B>The Artist’s Garden offers an intriguing study into 20 gardens that have inspired and been home to some of the greatest painters of history</B>.<BR/><BR/> The most<B> alluring image of an artist at work</B> is surely one where he or she has come out of their studio, set up their easel on the garden path, pulled on a hat to shade their eyes from the sun and taken their brush and palette in hand.<BR/><BR/> This <B>sumptuously illustrated </B>and <B>fascinating book </B>delves into the stories behind the gardens which inspired some of the most <B>beautiful and important works of art.</B><BR/><BR/> These gardens not only supplied the inspiration for creative works but also illuminate the <B>professional motivation and private life of the artists themselves</B>– from <B>Cezanne’s</B> house in the south of France to <B>Childe Hassam</B> at Celia Thaxter’s garden off the coast off Maine.<BR/><BR/> Flowers and gardens have often been the first choice for