Questa è una foto affascinante; Pier Rossi, Bordighera.net, grazie per la condivisione. Non avevamo le informazioni a portata di mano quando Valerie Lester ha scritto MARVELS – The Life of Clarence Bicknell nel 2018. È stato però documentato nel 2020 da Gisella Merello (2020) nel suo articolo Edward Elhanan Berry (1861-1931) – La vita a […]
l’Ambulatorio Municipale “Clarence Bicknell”, Bordighera Read More »
The Annual General Meeting of the Clarence Bicknell Association will be held by Zoom on Tuesday 18 July 2023 at 15h UK (16h Bordighera, 10am EST). All 2023 members may attend by Zoom or in person at Homefarm Orchard, Kirby Close, Chalfont St Giles HP8 4FF. We will handle the formalities of the accounts, re-election
The idea of the 2024 exhibition gives me the opportunity to root out creations by Clarence which have been lying in bottom drawers for 100 years. One of the them is a hand painted set of playing cards; the families for Happy Families are of course species of mountain flowers, photo right. The owner, my
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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
Clarence’s watercolour at Cervo Read More »
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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The Casa Fontanalba Visitors’ Book has proved to be a useful research tool. Since the list of Clarence Bicknell’s guests in his mountain home were transcribed by Marcus Bicknell in 2005 onto an Excel spreadsheet, several researchers have found by Googling a mention of someone they were researching. This has enabled them to spread their
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My talk on Elhanan Bicknell (Clarence’s father, whale oil tycoon and patron of many artists including J. M. W. Turner) for the Kensington and Chelsea Over-50s Forum in Chelsea on 20th April 2023 alongside Selby Wittingham of the Independent Turner Society has had a welcome result. Their Marketing & Fundraising Director Mina Nakhai has invited
Talk on Clarence in London on 5th October 2023 Read More »
I am delighted to see that Sharon O’Connor of the Dulwich Society www.dulwichsociety.com published back in 2020 a good essay on Elhanan Bicknell’s house at Herne Hill. This is the mansion full of art where Clarence Bicknell grew up, learning to paint and draw from his mother Lucinda. Sharon’s paper is a very good essay
Clarence’s childhood home, and what happened to the house Read More »
We have just spent a pleasurable and stimulating day in London town presenting to the Kensington and Chelsea Over-50s Forum; beautifully run and in close harmony with the borough council. The event was in the presentation room of the Holy Trinity Church Sloane Square and I presented alongside Turner expert Selby Wittingham. One of the
Elhanan Bicknell, Clarence’s father, live in London Read More »
A Victorian Polymath in the Maritime Alps: A Passion for Wild Flowers The exhibition of botanical art and creations of Clarence Bicknell (1842-1918), as well as other UK-Italian themes, in the Guildhall Art Gallery during Q3 2024 presents exciting opportunities for sponsors, donors, and stakeholders to celebrate links with Italy. The exhibition coincides with Alderman
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