Almost July again - can it possibly be two years since anything was added to this blog? I guess that that means it is time to return to Paris and pick up where we left off. I will be returning to the Cite International des Arts for two months to immerse myself in Australian flora in French culture during the Belle Epoque period although this time I expect it will be more about collating, cross referencing and filling in gaps. Still not sure where or if Lucien Henry fits in.
The plan is to intersperse the Paris work with a visit to Kew Gardens to follow up on the Joseph Banks connections as well as a return to Nancy to delve deeper into Galle and Berge and the Ecole de Nancy.
Hopefully this will give me enough information to write a decent paper about this interesting little interlude in Australian art history.
