![]() ![]() Laurie Lawlor is a prolific and celebrated author of children’s books. ![]() The North gallery at Kew Gardens remains open to the public today.īecca Stadtlander’s award-winning lush, verdant artwork pairs wonderfully with the natural themes. Laurie Lawlor deftly chronicles North’s life, from her restrictive childhood to her wild world travels to the opening of the Marianne North Gallery at Kew Gardens to her death in 1890. The legendary Charles Darwin was among her many supporters. Her technique of painting specimens in their natural environment was groundbreaking. In 1882, Marianne North showed the gray city of London paintings of jaw-dropping greenery like they’d never seen before.Īs a self-taught artist and scientist, Marianne North subverted Victorian gender roles and advanced the field of botanical illustration. The vibrant and daring life of Marianne North by the award-winning author of Super Women and Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World. Kids, don your jammies and join us for a Bedtime Story with the author herself! Laurie Lawlor reads Fearless World Traveler, her picture book about the vibrant and daring life of Victorian artist and scientist Marianne North. ![]()
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