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After the success of Painting the Weather in 2002, BBC Four once again teams up with the National Gallery and public galleries across the UK to create this unique online art exhibition, accompanied by a television series. This time an extra partner joins the project - the Royal Horticultural Society - to explore the vivid theme of flower painting in art.
Presented by Monty Don and with interviews with art and flower specialists, it will get behind the canvas and reveal some of secrets and the reasons that flora has fascinated artists for so long.
Within the delicate petals of a flower, myriad potent stories and symbols have been given life, through the ages, by the art of the painter - from famous depictions such as Van Gogh's Sunflowers, to botanic illustrations and symbolic religious paintings.
But Painting Flowers isn't just for the art lover. As Monty says, "As a gardener, nothing delights me more than seeing the splendour of flowers depicted in art."
On this site you can examine many of the featured paintings in greater depth and use our special zoom feature to reveal their secrets.
Painting Flowers is produced in association with the National Gallery and the Royal Horticultural Society.
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