Exemplary end matter expands on the importance of North’s work and its Kew Gardens home, comments on the editing of North’s biography, and includes source notes and a who’s who list of luminaries in North’s social circle.Scientist. Stadtlander’s mixed-media paintings strike a similar balance between travels and nature study, and her double-page spread of a Kew gallery affords her young audience a glimpse at how museumgoers experience North’s work in her own time and today. "Lawlor follows not only North’s adventuring but also her innovative approach to nature painting, which celebrated the riotous colors of her specimens and captured them in their natural context, with attention to atmosphere and well as solid surroundings. Plenty of backmatter makes this book an excellent starting point both for further research and to teach children how much work goes into creating a nonfiction book." -Kirkus Reviews She includes almost every shade of green imaginable in her illustrations, which are lush and rich with life both extant and extinct. "Stadtlander’s artwork is intricate and full of detail.
"Fascinating and detailed." - The Horn Book Stadtlander’s vibrant watercolor and ink illustrations capture details-gimlet-eyed crocodiles, patterned carpet bags, a crab scuttling over a paint-smeared palette, 'marauding crows' stealing 'glittering tubes of paint'-that conjure the rich peculiarities of North’s intrepid and privileged life." -Publishers Weekly "Lawlor’s biography captures both Marianne’s spirit and the restrictive norms of the time, which couldn’t hold back this daring naturalist." -Booklist This is an impeccably attuned biography of a woman who broke the rules to the benefit of all." - School Library Journal, Starred Review ★ "The illustrations are beautifully done, with attention and care carrying the spirit of North’s paintings throughout. "Illustrated in rich colors."- The Wall Street Journal 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.Ī Junior Library Guild Gold Standard SelectionĪn NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students 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 seenĪs 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.
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