It shows her as a multifaceted person who had to blaze her own trail, unusual for a Victorian woman.” But the exhibition tells a more complex story. “She is certainly one of the most important children’s book illustrators. “She creates these little enchanting, watercolor worlds and fills them with characters in gardens and ponds,” said Trinita Kennedy, a senior curator at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, where “ Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature” is on view through Sept. Now, a new traveling exhibition explores how the English artist and author’s passion and curiosity for the natural world and scientific study inspired her books - and her life. This article is part of our Museums special section about how art institutions are reaching out to new artists and attracting new audiences.īeatrix Potter’s tales about the frolics and misadventures of Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, Jemima Puddle-Duck and other animals have charmed children around the globe for well over a century.
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