The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life's Work at 72 by Molly Peacock

The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life's Work at 72

Molly Peacock

416 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction art biography reflective slow-paced

Description

Mary Delany was seventy-two years old when she noticed a petal drop from a geranium. In a flash of inspiration, she picked up her scissors and cut out a paper replica of the petal, inventing the art of collage. It was the summer of 1772, in Englan...

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