1882年，玛丽安•诺斯向灰色的伦敦市展示了一批画作，画中的绿色植物让他们惊叹不已，就好像他们从未见过一样。

作为一名自学成才的艺术家和科学家，玛丽安•诺斯颠覆了维多利亚时代的性别角色，推动了植物插画领域的发展。她描绘自然环境中的标本的技术是开创性的。**的查尔斯•达尔文是她的众多支持者之一。

劳里•劳勒巧妙地记录了诺斯的一生，从她受限制的童年到她的野外世界旅行，再到邱园的玛丽安•诺斯画廊的开放，直到她1890年的离世。邱园的诺斯画廊至今仍向公众开放。

Scientist. Artist. Rule-

breaker. 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.

In 1882, Marianne North showed the gray city of London paintings of jaw-dropping greenery like they'd never seen

before.

As a self-

taught artist and scientist, Marianne North subverted Victorian gender roles and advanced the field of botanical illustration. Her technique of painting specimens in their natural environment was groundbreaking. The legendary Charles Darwin was among her many supporters.

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 North gallery at Kew Gardens remains open to the public today.

Becca Stadtlander's award-

winning lush, verdant artwork pairs wonderfully with the natural themes.

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