The Bauer Brothers: Images of Nature

by Paul Martyn Cooper

A beautiful study of the lives and art of two of the greatest botanical illustrators of all time

The art of Franz and Ferdinand Bauer was praised by the poet and botanist Johann Goethe as the perfect expression of the aims of botanical illustration. This book examines the contrasting lives of Franz (1758-1840), who for 50 years was the resident artist at London's Kew Gardens and Ferdinand (1760-1826) who led a life of travel and adventure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0565093592
• ISBN13: 9780565093594
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Natural History Museum
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 9.9"