Majorelle Garden

Majorelle Garden

The garden was made in the 1920s by the French painter Jacques Majorelle, with marble pools, raised pathways, banana trees, groves of bamboo, coconut palms and bougainvilleas. Perhaps unsuprisingly as the garden was designed by a painter, the garden is composed and coloured like a painting. Many of the built features were painted in a dark blue ('Majorelle Blue') which works very well with the soil, climate and plants. In fact, Majorelle's garden rather than his paintings was his masterpiece. Water is an important feature of the garden - there are channels, lily-filled ponds and fountains. Majorelle was an avid plant collector. After years of neglect, the garden was then taken over and restored by the fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Berge.

100 x 100cm Oil on canvas, sold in a beautiful whitewashed tray frame. This painting was inspired by the amazing Majorelle Garden in the centre of Marakesh

This painting is available to purchase immediately from this site. Alternatively you can visit the Sanctuary Studio & Gallery, Newnham on Severn, Gloucestershire GL141BB to see the painting in situ.  Alternatively should you wish to see further close up images and or a video of the painting please do not hesitate to contact me.