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The Art of Jean Christoph Heyland
Jean Christoph Heyland (né Kumpfler) (1792-1866) was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. At the age of twelve he was apprenticed to his uncle, A well-known Geneva hairdresser, whose last name of Heyland, Jean Christoph adopted.
Although he began his artistic career making theatrical sketches for costumes, Heyland soon came to the attention of Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, the botanist, under whose guidance and patronage he became one of the leading botanical illustrators of his time. This phase is represented in the Corning Collection by the color stipple engravings after Heyland´s originals in de Candolle´s Plantes rares du jardin de Genève published from 1825 through 1829. Also in the Arboretum collection is Heyland´s most celebrated illustrations, the color stipple engravings done for Edmund Pierre Boissier´s Voyage botanique dans le midi de l´Espagne published from 1839 through 1843.
The present exhibit presents selections from the Corning Collection´s unique set of 122 original paintings done at Monza by Heyland in his capacity of botanical painter to the Archduke Rainier, Viceroy of Lombardy. The pictures mirror the wealth of the Archduke´s gardens and greenhouses. The illustrations were originally planned for an ill-fated publication, which owing to the fortunes of politics, never occurred.
One should take special note of the detail in the paintings and the ramrarkably modern appearance of their images..
This is the text of the hand-out for the exhibit on display from 10 a.am. to 4:45 pm, Tuesdays through Fridays, October 3 to November 2, 2001in the Rare Book Room at the back of the Warren H. Corning Library and Visitor Center of The Holden Arboretum, 9500 Sperry Road, Kirtland, Ohio.
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Curator of Rare Books, The Holden Arboretum
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