Clarence Bicknell: The Art of Wild Alpine Flowers with his
great-grand-nephew Marcus Bicknell

Whether you like botanically-accurate art or his later arts-and-crafts or whimsical decorative style, this introductory film, slide-show, talk and Q&A on Dorney-educated Victorian polymath Clarence Bicknell will enchant you.

 

He is no Thames-valley meadow wanderer; Bicknell spent summers in his house high in the French-Italian Alps seeking out The Ancient King Saxifraga florulenta and other rarities and he did 4,800 watercolours which are in museums Europe-wide including the Fitzwilliam in Cambridge. Three original vellum-bound albums by him will be available for careful viewing before and after the talk.

The Clarence Bicknell botanical art exhibition can also be visited during Festival events at Gantry House 11-15 May. Life-size A3 prints will be on sale.

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The Clarence Bicknell Association (https://clarencebicknell.com/cookham-festival-2026/) is pleased to cooperate with Edward Donald, Founder of Natural Shoots (www.naturalshoots.co.uk) in expanding awareness and in interest in alpine and native wild meadow flower species.

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Tickets on sale March