Nixon, Mima

Flower borders, shaded avenues and palace terraces fill prints by Mima Nixon, the garden painter whose Royal Palaces and Gar...

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Flower borders, shaded avenues and palace terraces fill prints by Mima Nixon, the garden painter whose Royal Palaces and Gardens was published in 1916. Nixon (1861–1939) was a painter and illustrator closely associated with gardens, and her royal tour takes in Britain, Denmark, Austria, Germany, Belgium and other European countries, pairing famous residences with quieter corners of their grounds. The dahlia and herbaceous borders at Hvidøre, the rose pergola at the Achilleion and the orangery at Laeken each have their own character, and Windsor, Sandringham and Buckingham Palace represent Britain. She often reaches a building along a path, through a planted enclosure or past a framing tree, so that foliage and flowers shape the view.

Flower borders, shaded avenues and palace terraces fill prints by Mima Nixon, the garden painter whose Royal Palaces and Gardens was published in 1916. Nixon (1861–1939) was a painter and illustrator closely associated with gardens, and her royal tour takes in Britain, Denmark, Austria, Germany, Belgium and other European countries, pairing famous residences with quieter corners of their grounds. The dahlia and herbaceous borders at Hvidøre, the rose pergola at the Achilleion and the orangery at Laeken each have their own character, and Windsor, Sandringham and Buckingham Palace represent Britain. She often reaches a building along a path, through a planted enclosure or past a framing tree, so that foliage and flowers shape the view.

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