Book Description
Wander through the Hampton gardens designed by Charles McKim, Marion Cruger Coffin, Alfonso Ossorio, Robert Dash, Edward Albee, and Jack Lenor Larsen in previously unpublished paintings, vintage photographs, and sumptuous new photography.
Gardens had been cultivated on the East End of Long Island for centuries before Columbus set foot in the New World. Sylvester Manor is the oldest existing garden in North America and is still maintained by descendents of Nathaniel Sylvester, who planted his garden in 1652. When artists began arriving in the Hamptons in the late nineteenth century, many portrayed the landscapes and gardens they found flourishing there. Artists Alfred Thompson Bricher, Mary Nimmo Moran, and Childe Hassam chose gardens as subjects for their works, and contemporary artists such as Chuck Close and Jennifer Bartlett still find artistic inspiration in these gardens.
This book will accompany the exhibition Hamptons Gardens: A 350 Year Legacy, scheduled to open in August 2004 at the Guild Hall in East Hampton, New York.
About the Author
John Esten is the author of Hampton Style.
Hamptons Gardens FROM THE PUBLISHER
"Gardens have been planted and cultivated on the eastern end of Long Island for ten centuries before Columbus arrived in the New World. This work covers the history of the gardens in the Hamptons region, including Southampton (the oldest English settlement in New York State), Sag Harbor, Water Mill, Bridgehampton, Sagaponack, East Hampton, Amagansett, and Montauk. From the oldest existing garden in North America at Sylvester Manor on Shelter Island planted in 1653 to the contemporary garden installations at Long House." John Esten, author of Hampton Style, has collected paintings, watercolors, and vintage photographs along with new photography by Evelene Wechler of gardens designed by Charles McKim, Marion Cruger Coffin, Alfonso Ossario, Robert Dash, Edward Albee, Jack Lenor Larsen that all exemplify the unique heritage of Hamptons Gardens.
Art & Photography
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