Wildings: The Secret Garden of Eileen Soper - Softcover

Hart-Davis, Duff

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9780854932245: Wildings: The Secret Garden of Eileen Soper

Synopsis

When Eileen Soper died in March 1990, the age of 84, executors found an astonishing treasure-trove at her home in Hertfordshire. Not only did the studio contain a great many paintings by her father George Soper, the celebrated horse artist, who had died in 1942. There were also more than 200 watercolours by Eileen herself, as well as a very large number of her drawings, sketchbooks and letters. Much of her work was done in the half-wild garden that surrounds Wildings, her home near Welwyn. Planted by her father, and designed as a sanctuary for birds and other creatures, the garden became the centre of Eileen's life, when her father died, she and her sisterEva took it on, extended it, livd in it, worked in it, loved it and fought to protect it. In this magical haven birds would settle on Eileen's head, and deer would come out to feed from her hand. This fabulous book details many of Eileen Soper' nature artwork a must have for nature lovers as well as art lovers.

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Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780854932092: WILDINGS: THE SECRET GARDEN OF EILEEN SOPER

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ISBN 10:  0854932097 ISBN 13:  9780854932092
Publisher: H.F. & G. WITHERBY DUMP LIST, 1991
Hardcover