{"id":37390,"date":"2021-04-07T20:09:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T04:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=37390"},"modified":"2021-04-12T20:56:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T04:56:36","slug":"marianne-norths-orchid-artwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/07\/marianne-norths-orchid-artwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Marianne North&#8217;s Orchid Artwork"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kew.org\/read-and-watch\/marianne-north-botanical-artist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marianne North<\/a> was a phenomenal botanical artist of Victorian England, and you can take a virtual trip to enjoy her gallery at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/05\/orchids-at-kew-gardens\/\">RBG Kew<\/a> in London. Check out the two videos below, and also photos that Dave took during a visit to the UK in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Virtual tour: The Marianne North Gallery\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OBbskY2fkVc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Marianne North: a world in paintings\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YmF_6KAkvck?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_orchids_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-37606 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_orchids_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Artwork with orchids, The Marianne North Gallery at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London, UK; oil paintings done by Marianne North, English biologist and botanical artist\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_orchids_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_orchids_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_orchids_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_orchids_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_2_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-37601 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_2_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Wall of artwork at the Marianne North Gallery at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London, UK; oil paintings done by Marianne North, English biologist and botanical artist\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_2_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_2_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_2_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_2_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_6_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-37605 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_6_1000px-128x99.jpg\" alt=\"Walls of artwork at the Marianne North Gallery at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London, UK; oil paintings done by Marianne North, English biologist and botanical artist\" width=\"128\" height=\"99\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_6_1000px-128x99.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_6_1000px-300x231.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_6_1000px-768x592.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_6_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kew.org\/mng\/gallery\/orchids.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North&#8217;s extraordinary art includes many orchids.<\/a> She traveled around the world on her own, which was very rare for women at the time, to paint plants, animals, and wild scenery. Her works capture exquisite details, and also convey her love of nature. In the process, she discovered plants unknown to science, and innovated important botanical art techniques.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_Phalaenopsis_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-37608 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_Phalaenopsis_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Artwork with Moth Orchid, Phalaenopsis, Phal, white flowers, The Marianne North Gallery at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London, UK; oil paintings done by Marianne North, English biologist and botanical artist\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_Phalaenopsis_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_Phalaenopsis_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_Phalaenopsis_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_Phalaenopsis_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_3_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-37602 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_3_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Walls of artwork at the Marianne North Gallery at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London, UK; oil paintings done by Marianne North, English biologist and botanical artist\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_3_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_3_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_3_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_3_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_4_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-37603 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_4_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Walls of artwork at the Marianne North Gallery at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London, UK; oil paintings done by Marianne North, English biologist and botanical artist\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_4_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_4_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_4_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_4_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kew.org\/mng\/marianne-north-gallery.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Marianne North Gallery<\/a> is home to over 800 of her pieces at Kew Gardens in London. Its dense arrangement of paintings, with little empty space between them, is reminiscent of the dense layerings of life she was recreating. It&#8217;s a lot to take in, whether online or in person, but definitely worth the time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_Paphiopedilum_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-37607 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_Paphiopedilum_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Artwork with Lady Slipper orchids, The Marianne North Gallery at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London, UK; oil paintings done by Marianne North, English biologist and botanical artist\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_Paphiopedilum_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_Paphiopedilum_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_Paphiopedilum_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_Paphiopedilum_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_1_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-37600 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_1_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Nature paintings, The Marianne North Gallery at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London, UK; oil paintings done by Marianne North, English biologist and botanical artist\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_1_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_1_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_1_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_1_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_5_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-37604 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_5_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Walls of artwork at the Marianne North Gallery at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London, UK; oil paintings done by Marianne North, English biologist and botanical artist\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_5_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_5_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_5_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Marianne_North_Gallery_5_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marianne North was a phenomenal botanical artist of Victorian England, and you can take a virtual trip to enjoy her gallery at RBG Kew in London. Check out the two videos below, and also photos that Dave took during a visit to the UK in 2019. North&#8217;s extraordinary art includes many orchids. She traveled around [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37390"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37645,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37390\/revisions\/37645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}