Drawn to Nature

Gilbert White and the Artists

Simon Martin, Sir David Attenborough, Virginia Woolf

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English

Pallant House Gallery
09 November 2021

Individual artists, art monographs; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Animals & nature in art (still life, landscapes & seascapes)

The natural world as seen through the eyes of British artists including Eric Ravilious, Clare Leighton, and John Piper

Since its publication in 1789, Gilbert White’s Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne has inspired generations of artists, writers and naturalists. From Thomas Bewick to Eric Ravilious and Clare Leighton, many artists' depictions of animals, birds and wildlife have illustrated White’s celebrated book, together providing a microcosm of natural history illustration from the eighteenth century until today. In Drawn to Nature, Simon Martin has gathered joyful and beautiful images of the extraordinary array of wildlife described by White, providing an insight into the continuing appeal and relevance of the Natural History.

This fascinating account takes us from some of the earliest published depictions of birds and animals, to pioneering nature photography, the revival of wood-engraving in the 1920s and 30s, and responses to White’s message about the natural world by contemporary illustrators such as Angie Lewin and Emily Sutton. The book also includes an introduction to the life of Gilbert White by Sir David Attenborough, an essay by Virginia Woolf, poems by modern and contemporary poets, and a jacket design by Mark Hearld.

By: Simon Martin
Introduction by: Sir David Attenborough
Contributions by: Virginia Woolf
Imprint: Pallant House Gallery
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 652g
ISBN: 9781869827755
ISBN 10: 1869827759
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 09 November 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Simon Martin is a curator and writer and director of Pallant House Gallery. Sir David Attenborough is one of the UK’s most-loved broadcasters, and the Life series, which he writes and hosts, has helped to form a comprehensive survey of all life on the planet.

Reviews for Drawn to Nature: Gilbert White and the Artists

Martin is the director of the Pallant House Gallery in Chichester, which last year staged an exhibition about White's influence on artists. He has now transformed that show into a book that elegantly blends art history and biographical detail with a visual valentine to the English countryside. -Simeon House, The Mail on Sunday Rarely is [the Revd Gilbert White's] essential Englishness understood, but it comes across church-bell clear in the superb Drawn to Nature. -John Lewis-Stempel, Country Life One of the most eye-delighting, visually alluring and agreeably readable examples of the book-making of the second half of the year -The Tablet Delightful...This is a beautiful little volume. -Martin Gayford, Spectator