The Man – Clarence Bicknell

Halima Cassell and Clarence’s symmetrical watercolours

Artist, Blog Post, Fitzwilliam, History, Research, The Man / Marcus Bicknell

Celebrated artist/sculptor Halima Cassell talks about her love of Clarence’s symmetrical botanical watercolours which are hidden away in the archive of the Fitzwillia m Museum in Cambridge University. Symmetry is a way of seeing nature adopted with such success by William de Morgan https://www.demorgan.org.uk/. https://fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/conversations/podcasts/in-my-minds-eye/a-simple-shape-repeated-halima-cassell Here is a gallery of photos taken in 2017 by […]

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Clarence Bicknell – geologist

1 Comment / Blog Post, Esperantist, Geologist, History, Research, The Man / Marcus Bicknell

An appreciation by Luca Barale The more research is done on Clarence Bicknell, the more we find out about his achievements. We are so grateful to the experts who choose to do this research and it is fun to be able to help them where possible with images and source material. Luca Barale is a

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Clarence Bicknell’s artistic family

Blog Post, Family, History, Research, The Man / Marcus Bicknell

I was recently given the okay to scan some photos in the colection of the late Mark Bicknell, my cousin, of Nettlebed. Several of them were new to me so it is appropriate to make them available here online for the benefit of researchers. Archive photos of mine are added here to complete the picture.

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Clarence a Genova mostra e convegni, fine 2023

Administration, Archaeologist, Blog Post, Events, History, Research, The Man / Marcus Bicknell

English translations below Siamo lieti di annunciare una grande mostra che coinvolge Clarence Bicknell e il suo amico Prof. Arturo Issel a Genova dal 25 novembre 2023 al 7 gennaio 2024. Il Palazzo Ducale di Genova ospita entrambe le mostre https://palazzoducale.genova.it/mostra /chronos/ e una serie di conferenze https://palazzoducale.genova.it/evento/laboratori-attivita-collaterali-alla-mostra-chronos/ e una il 20 dicembre alla quale

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Gallery – botanical works

1 Comment / Artist, Botany, History, Research, The Man / Marcus Bicknell

Clarence Bicknell moved to Italy in 1878. Though disenchanted with the church, Clarence had become enchanted by Bordighera, soon buying the Villa Rosa from Mrs. Fanshawe Walker and making it his home for the rest of his life. The richness of the flora of Bordighera and its neighbourhood was for him one of its main

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Bicknell and Bordighera in The Guardian

Archaeologist, Artist, Blog Post, Bordighera, Botany, Esperantist, History, Research, The Man / Marcus Bicknell

Excerpt… set off in search of the largest Ficus macrophylla in western Europe. The tree, commonly known as the strangler fig, was planted in 1886 by Clarence Bicknell, British botanist, collector, lover of Esperanto and chaplain of Bordighera’s Anglican church.Bicknell loved the hilly, pine-covered coast between Sanremo and the French Riviera, but ended up loathing

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CHRONOS exhibition Genoa November 2023

Archaeologist, Artist, Blog Post, Botany, Events, History, Research, The Man / Marcus Bicknell

Announcing an innovative exhibition involving Clarence Bicknell … CHRONOS… The AI-enhanced exhibitionTHE FOOTPRINT OF MAN IN THE ANTHROPOCENE OF LIGURIA350,000 YEARS AGO TO NOW The exhibition is curated by Stefano Schiaparelli (Associate Professor (Zoology and Marine Biology) at the Università degli Studi di Genova) acting for the university’s Rector’s delegate for the enhancement and propagation

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Clarence Bicknell: A Revolution in Art. A talk in London October 5, 2-4pm

Artist, Blog Post, Botany, Events, Fitzwilliam, History, Research, The Man / Marcus Bicknell

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/clarence-bicknell-a-revolution-in-art-tickets-724309247457 Illustrated Talk on Clarence Bicknell, the Renowned Botanic Painter by his great grand nephew Marcus Bicknell In April 2023 Marcus Bicknell and Selby Wittingham discussed Elhanan Bicknell’s early patronage of JMW Turner and more classical artists. Now Marcus, Elhanan’s great great grandson, returns to show how Elhanan’s son Clarence moved naturally towards the more

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Clarence’s watercolour at Cervo

Artist, Blog Post, History, Research, The Man / Marcus Bicknell

During the visit of Francesca Boschieri to see the Bicknell collection of Clarence Bicknell images on 29 May, she and Patrizia Zanardi identified the location of one of Clarence Bicknell’s wonderfully-light landscapes in pencil and watercolour. It turns out that these steps lead up to the cathedral in the town of Cervo in Liguria, 40

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Boschieri Bicknell beatification

Artist, Blog Post, Botany, Events, History, Research, The Man / Marcus Bicknell

We were at the presentation of the book The English in Liguria at the Italian Embassy in London on Thursday. Continuing the theme this week of the Italians’ appreciation of Clarence Bicknell’s works 1842-1918, we were delighted to host the visit of Francesca Centurione-Scotto Boschieri (Chair of the Amici dei Giardini Botanici Hanbury, founder-member of

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