Central Romania: The Prince of Wales’s House in Viscri hosts Tim Scott Bolton exhibition

The Prince of Wales’s House in Viscri, a small village in Transylvania, central Romania, hosts a watercolour and oil painting exhibition of the British painter Tim Scott Bolton. Awaiting visitors until September 3, Transylvanian Landscapes features 37 original works made by the artist during his travels to Romania, ranging from the first trip in 2002 until the journey made in 2017 at the invitation of King Charles III, then HRH the Prince of Wales.

During the same period, the lithographs of two watercolours made by His Majesty King Charles III are also on display.

“The majority of the paintings are of Transylvania, with a few from near Budești in the far north. I find the rural scene totally irresistible, the texture of the buildings, the brightly painted houses and the people going about daily life in a leisurely yet sustainable manner. There are two aspects that attracted me to this part of Saxon Transylvania – first, the bucolic way of life mentioned above, and secondly, the compact villages cluster,” said Tim Scott Bolton.

The T. S. Bolton exhibition is part of a series of events that focus on the landscape of the Transylvanian villages and the wild flora of the area.

Raluca Grigore, The Prince of Wales’s House in Viscri representative, said: “This year marks more than 10 years since work began on The Transylvania Florilegium and 5 since its publication, at the request of His Majesty, then HRH the Prince of Wales. On this occasion, Dr John Akeroyd and Helen Allen return to Viscri as lecturers in the workshop organized by Irina Neacșu and Cembra School of Arts, recreating for the participants the experience of working at the florilegium. Tim Scott Bolton, Dr John Akeroyd and Helen Allen are true ambassadors of this area, and their presence in Viscri honours us every time.”

British painter Tim Scott Bolton, botanical artist Helen Allen and botanist John Akeroyd are visiting the Prince of Wales’s House in Viscri between June 23-28.

For The Transylvania Florilegium, John Akeroyd, an authority on European plants who has been working on Transylvanian flora for over twenty years now, drew up a list of important plants, together with Helen Allen, artist and Principal of The School of Botanical Art at The Chelsea Physic Garden, accompanied a highly-accomplished group of international artists to Romania. The group was made up of leading botanical artists from America, Australia, England, France, the Netherlands, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, Switzerland, and Turkey.

The permanent exhibition in The Prince of Wales’s House in Viscri, The Transylvania Florilegium, focuses on the two volumes of the florilegium published in 2018, as well as a series of illustrations from them.