Tulipa Tulipae 2018 at Real Jardin Botanico de Madrid

21/3/2018

Tulipa Tulipae opened yesterday in the Villanueva Pavilion at the Real Jardín Botánico (RJB) in Madrid. The exhibition comprises:

a review of the techniques used for drawing, painting and printing tulips over the centuries - drawing on the archives and library of the RJB and drawing with images of the RJB Archive and Library
85 original artworks portraying a variety of tulips by 47 botanical artist members of The Society of Botanical Artists.
the blooms of 21,000 bulbs that have been planted at the entrance of the Botanical Garden, in the Terrace of Paintings.

The exhibition continues until the 20 May 2018. Opening hours vary by month.

You can see a video of a television segment on the local news about the exhibition - which includes an interview with Marta Chirino who has organised the exhibition and contains views of the exhibition.

There is a rather wonderful catalogue in Spanish and English and I hope to be able to find out more about how this will become accessible and/or available in the next few days.

I've been promised some pics from exhibition after the excitement of the launch activities - so there'll be another blog post

There are also a wide range of educational and outreach activities, including workshops, guided tours and live demonstrations during the next two months.

Botanical illustration courses + Meet the artist

Some of the activities are art-related. For the student of botanical illustration these include:

Botanical watercolor illustration with Diane Sutherland 12 - April 14, 2018
Botanical illustration with gouache and watercolor on dark background Shevaun Doherty 19 - 21 April 2018
Botanical drawing course Marta Chirino 3 - 5 May 2018
Children's workshop: We draw a flower 6 - 16 years old Marta Chirino May 13 2018

There are also a couple of opportunities to meet some of the artists participating in the show.

Meet the artist: Shevaun Doherty and Marta Chirino April 22, 2018
Meet the artist: Sylvia Balch, Christine Flintham, Pamela Taylor and Marta Chirino29 April 2018

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4 Comments

Ruth Bosveld link

26/3/2018 03:06:39 am

How can we purchase a copy of the catalogue? Thank you.

Katherine Tyrrell link

26/3/2018 09:05:57 am

I believe this will be via the Online Bookshop attached to the Botanic Garden - they're trying to sort out an English translation.

Ruth Bosveld

26/3/2018 10:40:56 am

Thanks, Katherine. I couldn't work it out on the website.

26/3/2018 11:45:08 am

I know! That's why I started asking. Hopefully it will be sorted soon and when it is I will do another blog post.

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