Snowdrops in art

[Maggi Young]

   ^    Well not that we know of anyway !

Oh my, that has made  me giggle     Can we be well warned before any photos are shown?

[chasw]

Now funny that you should say that about tattoos a certain lady that I was sitting with...............................................

[kentish_lass]

What a lovely thread with beautiful pictures.  I was taken with this snowdrop art at the AGS in Kent in 2013.  If I had not just spent all my money I would have got the snowdrop mirror and/or jewellery box.  They also offered to custom make pieces with snowdrops of your choice.  I had the card and cannot find it now

[kentish_lass]

Just seen those snowdrop nails.....they are marvellous 

If I was 10 years younger I may consider the attached Snowdrop Fairy as a tattoo 

[Gail]

If I was 10 years younger I may consider the attached Snowdrop Fairy as a tattoo 

I don't think you should let age stop you!

Not that I'm considering it for myself, but how long does 'nail art' last for?
 

I didn't ask Christine that but they should at least last the snowdrop season out, which to be honest is about as long as some snowdrops I've bought! We were wondered how the cost of having them done compares with buying the snowdrops (two potfuls of Sutton Courtney apparently).

[Carolyn Walker]

Just seen those snowdrop nails.....they are marvellous 

If I was 10 years younger I may consider the attached Snowdrop Fairy as a tattoo 

Love the tattoo idea.  I mentioned it to my husband, and he said that if I did that, then I could name my new X-marked snowdrop 'XHusband', catchy isn't it?

[Jo]

 

Love the tattoo idea.  I mentioned it to my husband, and he said that if I did that, then I could name my new X-marked snowdrop 'XHusband', catchy isn't it?

 

[Brian Ellis]

I didn't ask Christine that but they should at least last the snowdrop season out, which to be honest is about as long as some snowdrops I've bought! We were wondered how the cost of having them done compares with buying the snowdrops (two potfuls of Sutton Courtney apparently).

I asked her today and she said six weeks, and not as expensive as you think!  Next year a russet background is under consideration

[Maggi Young]

Another photo from Twitter - this snowdrop work ex  a Quentin Stark Tweet

[Lesley Cox]

I know what you mean. Another painting I have trouble seeing the snowdrop in is Millais's Mariana - the white flower in the stained glass window is said on the Tate website to be a snowdrop but looks more lily-like to me with that leaf on the stem.

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/millais-mariana-t07553/text-summary

I am just catching up with several pages of this thread so forgive me for going back.

The Moorcroft pottery is just superb! Such beautiful pieces I'm really happy to have seen tyhese here.

Gail I have a poster of Mariana, bought at Dunedin Art Gallery a few years ago (3? 5?) when the Tate sent a stunning Pre Raphaelite exhibition to the gallery. A wonderful experience altogether, to see the genuine paintings. I particularly loved Mariana, not (I admit it, and yes, looks more like a lily to me) because of the snowdrop but I had such fellow feeling for Mariana herself, with that sore and aching back. I have stood like that a thousand times, trying to ease the pain so know exactly how she felt.

[Gail]

Yes, I can empathise with that.
I just love that blue velvet dress.

I was in Vienna last year and came across an interesting Vanitas painting in the Kunsthistorisches Museum. By Maria van Oosterwijck, one of very few professional female artists at the time (1668) it is beautifully detailed and features an aconite and snowdrop resting on the book.

[Alan_b]

Do you mean this, Gail?.  We could do with a few more pixels (higher resolution) if we are to see the snowdrop clearly.

[Gail]

Do you mean this, Gail?.  We could do with a few more pixels (higher resolution) if we are to see the snowdrop clearly.

Yes, that is it. Sorry about the lack of a proper image - I suggest a trip to Vienna to see it in the flesh. (The chocolate torte at Hotel Sacher is also highly recommended!)

[Alan_b]

Gail, you make a trip to Vienna seem almost irresistible.  I wonder if the snowdrops are in flower there yet? 

[Tim Ingram]

Millais' painting of Mariana is very beautiful isn't it - though I must admit it is the lady herself that attracts me and the wonderful use of colour and light, and I hadn't really noticed the snowdrop/lily . Many years ago Dr. Dilys Davies (famous in the Hardy Plant world for abseiling down a rock face to plant her garden in the Lake District, and she also wrote a guide to the genus Allium) gave a talk to us on plants in paintings which was unique and fascinating, just like this particular thread on Snowdrops in art.