The Limes at Willsbridge
Robert Bateman British
Not on view
Three men stand here in the back garden of a house known as "The Limes," at Willsbridge, Gloucestershire. Bateman admired Sir Edward Burne-Jones and is best known for painting dreamlike Biblical subjects in a Renaissance-revival style, but here places contemporary figures that embody his wide-ranging interests in a contemporary setting. Bateman's interest in science is referenced by a bearded man at left, who resembles Charles Darwin, with whom the artist corresponded. A man leaning on a pruning hook evokes the artist's significant achievements as a designer of gardens and, finally, a monk contemplating a flower reminds us of the spiritual realm and woodcuts that Bateman created for religious publications.
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