A BIG GARDEN

Un grand jardin  - Gilles Clément & Vincent Gravé - 30 x 42 cm - 32 pages - Hardback - April 2016- €24

 

 

Landscaper Gilles Clément joins forces with illustrator Vincent Gravé to create a monthly journal for gardeners everywhere. The lush and colourful drawings contain thousands of tiny details, while poetic texts provide information on a wide range of subjects, including insects, winter, vegetable gardens and fruit. The tiny figure of the Gardener guides readers through this spectacular large-format book, with which these talented artists show their love for nature.

 

 

 

Gilles Clément

Born on the 6th October 1943 in Argenton-sur-Creuse, in the Indre, Gilles Clément is an internationally renowned gardener and landscape artist. Professor emeritus as the Ecole Nationale Supérieure du Paysage (national landscaping school) in Versailles, he also held the “Artistic Creation” chair at the Collège de France from 2011 to 2012. He designed several public gardens such as the Parc André Citroën and the Jardin du Quai Branly in Paris, the Jardins du Roi in Blois, the Jardins Valloires in the Somme and the Parc Henri Matisse in Lille.

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Vincent Gravé

Born in 1973, Vincent Gravé has been drawing his whole life. Alongside his job as a teacher and illustrator, he displays his creative world in his various publications.

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