Thomas Blaikie
Thomas Blaikie (born March 2, 1751 in Corstorphine near Edinburgh , † July 19, 1838 in Paris ) was a Scottish horticultural architect .
Life
Blaikie grew up in Scotland . On behalf of the then head of Kew Garden John Fothergill (medic) and William Pitcairn , he moved to Switzerland in 1775 to study and collect the alpine flora . In 1776 he was called to Paris by the Comte d'Artois, later Charles X. , where he designed his most famous gardens in collaboration with François-Joseph Bélanger . He designed landscape gardens primarily in France , where he was particularly popular, but also in Germany. Through his activity he was able to achieve some wealth. However, he lost everything in the turmoil of the French Revolution.
In 1819 he was commissioned to design the park at Schloss Dyck , located in what is now the Rhine district of Neuss , which is still designed according to his plans. In France, he designed the Bagatelle Gardens in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris in the Anglo-Chinese style , among many other plants for the Count of Artois .
In addition to his landscape architecture work, he was a passionate collector of alpine plants.
In 1828 he received a royal pension of 600 francs annually. He died in his home in Paris in 1838.
literature
- Patricia Taylor: Thomas Blaikie, The "Capability" Brown of France . Tuckwell Press, East Linton 2001, ISBN 1-86232-110-8 .
Web links
- Ernest Giddey / BE: Blaikie, Thomas. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Publications by and about Thomas Blaikie in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blaikie, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish horticultural architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1751 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Corstorphine near Edinburgh |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 19, 1838 |
| Place of death | Paris |