Background
Dickson, Jennifer Joan was born on September 17, 1936 in Piet Retief, South Africa. Arrived in Canada, 1969, naturalized, 1974. Daughter of John Liston and Margaret Joan (Turner) Dickson.
( As seen in the New York Times “Will delight bookish ba...)
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( This is an artist's book. Starting from the Chapter Hou...)
This is an artist's book. Starting from the Chapter House entrance to Santa Maria de Alcobaca Abbey (Portugal), The Hospital for Wounded Angels describes a metaphysical journey in present and past time in which the narrator encounters her real and imaginary lovers. The images -- forty of them reproduced in full colour -- are stunning. From the cemetery island of San Michele (Venice) to the Grand Trianon (Versailles), from the Villa Medicae della Petraia (Florence) to the Palazzo Mansi (Lucca, Italy), the journey reveals a lush, romantic world in which the garden becomes, at the end, a symbol for Paradise. Appended to the images the artist has included detailed background documentation on various sites such as Isola Bella, the Garzoni Gardens, Versailles, San Michele, Mantua ... biographical details on Bianca Cappello and Gabriele d'Annunzio ... as well as her thoughts on the underlying symbolism of garden structures and the problems of usage, maintenance and conservation of historic gardens. The book will appeal to the architectural, as well as the artistic communities and may even find an honoured place on the bookshelves of the novice gardener whose romantic world is limited to half a dozen tulips.
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( Thirty years ago journalist Joan Marble and her sculpto...)
Thirty years ago journalist Joan Marble and her sculptor husband, Robert Cook, bought an unpromising piece of land near the little hamlet of Canale, north of Rome where the ancient Etruscans once lived. Here they built a house and, more important, set out to start a wonderful garden. All was not easy, however. They faced blank incomprehension from the local inhabitants. "Why do you want to have a garden here?" they were asked. "There's no water, the ground is like cement, it's too cold in winter and too hot in summer, it never rains. . . ." But Joan and Robert's enthusiasm for the land, their ignorance of the obstacles that faced them, their downright obstinacy and the unexpected friends who helped them -- all served to conquer the intransigent terrain. "I fell in love with Etruria one chilly evening in the middle of winter," says Joan. "They were having a New Year's Eve festival in a little town near Campagnano, and a group of local boys dressed in Renaissance costumes were marching in a torchlight parade down the main street. As I stood there in the cold watching the flames lurching to the sky, I realized that I felt very much at home in this ancient place. If ever we should decide to move to the country, this was the kind of place I would choose....." Inspirational, aspirational, enchanting -- this is an account of a passion for a place and an obsession with a garden that will charm all who love Italy, gardening, and life.
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( Thirty years ago journalist Joan Marble and her sculpto...)
Thirty years ago journalist Joan Marble and her sculptor husband, Robert Cook, bought an unpromising piece of land near the little hamlet of Canale, north of Rome where the ancient Etruscans once lived. Here they built a house and, more important, set out to start a wonderful garden. All was not easy, however. They faced blank incomprehension from the local inhabitants. "Why do you want to have a garden here?" they were asked. "There's no water, the ground is like cement, it's too cold in winter and too hot in summer, it never rains. . . ." But Joan and Robert's enthusiasm for the land, their ignorance of the obstacles that faced them, their downright obstinacy and the unexpected friends who helped them -- all served to conquer the intransigent terrain. "I fell in love with Etruria one chilly evening in the middle of winter," says Joan. "They were having a New Year's Eve festival in a little town near Campagnano, and a group of local boys dressed in Renaissance costumes were marching in a torchlight parade down the main street. As I stood there in the cold watching the flames lurching to the sky, I realized that I felt very much at home in this ancient place. If ever we should decide to move to the country, this was the kind of place I would choose....." Inspirational, aspirational, enchanting -- this is an account of a passion for a place and an obsession with a garden that will charm all who love Italy, gardening, and life.
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Dickson, Jennifer Joan was born on September 17, 1936 in Piet Retief, South Africa. Arrived in Canada, 1969, naturalized, 1974. Daughter of John Liston and Margaret Joan (Turner) Dickson.
Student, Goldsmiths' College School Art, University London, 1954—1959. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Alberta, Edmonton, 1988.
in six countries and participated in more than 350 group exhbns; works in numerous public collections in Canada, United States of America, United Kingdom, Europe, New Zealand, Australia and S. Africa including National Gallery of Canada, Metropolitan Museum, New York, British Museum, London and Hermitage Museum, Leningrad; Fellow, Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers; Honorary Doctor of Laws (University of Alberta) 1988; aw'ards include Prix de Jeunes Artistes pour Gravure, Biennale de Paris 1963, Special Purchase Associate Atelier 17, Paris, 1960—1965. Teacher Brighton College Art, England, 1961—1968, University Würzburg.I., Jamaica, 1968, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1972, Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, Canada, 1970—1971, 1982—1983, Ohio University, Athens, 1973, 1979, University Southern Illinois, Macomb, 1973, California State University, Sacramento, 1974, Denison University, Granville, Ohio, 1976, University Ottawa, Canada, 1980—1983. Visiting artist Center for Photograph Studies, Louisville, 1973, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, 1977—1978, University British Columbia, 1978, University Victoria, 1979, Emily Carr College Art, Vancouver, 1979, Art Academy Cincinnati, 1980, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada, 1981, University Moncton, 1981, Royal Academy Schools, London, 1981.
With Canada Council & Still Photography division National Film Board Canada, since 1975.
( Thirty years ago journalist Joan Marble and her sculpto...)
( Thirty years ago journalist Joan Marble and her sculpto...)
( As seen in the New York Times “Will delight bookish ba...)
( This is an artist's book. Starting from the Chapter Hou...)
One-man shows include New Vision Centre, London, 1962, Editions Alecto, Print Centre, 1964, Adler Fielding Gallery, Johannesburg, Republic of Africa, 1965, Zwemmer Gallery, London, 1966, Cultural Centre, St. Peter's Abbey Museum, Ghent, Belgium, 1967, University Würzburg. I., Jamaica, 1969, Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, 1970, 1982, Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto, 1971, Madison Art Centre, Wisconsin, 1972, Oxford Gallery, England, 1973, Gallery 1640, Montreal, 1974, National Film Board Photo Gallery, Ottawa, 1975, 1980, Galerie Notkin 1640, Montreal, 1976, Wallack Galleries, Ottawa, 1977, Galerie Dreadnere, Toronto, 1978, MacKenzie Gallery, Trent University, Peterborough, 1981, Wallack Galleries, Ottawa, 1983, exhibitions include Annual Exhibition Royal Society Painter-Etchers and Engravers, London and Royal Academy Arts Summer Exhibition, London, since 1956, exhibited in group shows at United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, France, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Sweden, Poland, Japan, Korea, Spain, Norway, Italy, German Democratic Republic, Belgium, since 1959, Represented in permanent collections National Gallery Canada, Canada Council Art Bank, National Film Board Canada, Musee d'art contemporain, Montreal Museum Fine Arts, London Museum, Ontario, Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, Philadelphia Museum Art, Cincinnati Museum Art, Dallas Museum Art, Victoria and Albert Museum, British Museum, Hermitage Museum, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, Museum Contemporary Art, Frederickstad, Norway, Skopje, Yugoslavia, National Gallery Art, Wellington, New Zealand, National Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, Cape Town, Republic of Africa, principal works include Genesis, 1966, Alchemic Images, 1968, Song of Songs, 1970, Sweet Death and Other Pleasures, 1972, Body Perceptions, 1974-1975, The Secret Garden, 1976, Openings, 1977, The Earthly Paradise, 1980, Il Tempo Classico, 1981, Italian Gardens, 1982, L'Epoca Classica, 1983, Grecian Odes, 1983, Versailles: Through the Crystal Wall, 1983, Photographs of Versailles reproduced in The Little Flowers of Madame de Montespan (poetry, Jane Urquart), 1984, The Hospital for Wounded Angels, 1987, The Gardens of Desire, 1988.
Fellow: Royal Society Painter-Etchers and Engravers, Academician Royal Academy Arts (London).
Married Ronald Andrew Sweetman, April 13, 1962. 1 child William David.