Over the past three decades, artist Christian Peltenburg-Brechneff has travelled around the world to visit some of the most glorious private gardens to paint en plein air. He has created a luscious visual record of 28 of them in this charming gift-sized book of watercolours and gouaches. With contacts among the international elite, the author has gained permission to enter some of the most exquisite and heretofore unrecorded gardens from Sri Lanka to Italy. With introductory texts by the distinguished art critic Donald Kuspit and the ever-influential interior architecture and garden designer Bunny Williams, Into the Garden chronicles this long-term pilgrimage of a visionary painter, opening the exquisite private gardens to the public for the very first time.
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| Introduction |
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Christian Peltenburg-Brechneff |
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Tim and Christian's Garden |
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Hakgala Botanical Gardens |
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Morne Rouge, Angus and Will's Garden |
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La Colina, Bunny and John's Garden |
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Jean-Louis and Jean-Christophe's Garden |
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Bobo's Garden, Santa Lucia Ranch |
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| About the Artist |
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| Author Chronology |
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| About the Contributors |
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Born in the former Belgian Congo in 1950, Christian Peltenburg-Brechneff was educated in Switzerland, England, and the United States. In 1975, he received his master of art degree from the Royal College of Art in London. He has exhibited both in Europe and the United States and has won numerous awards, including the Swiss Federal Government Scholarship. "Three Oceans," his 2001 one-man show in New York, was in partnership with Salander-O'Reilly Galleries.
