Russell Page
- This article is about the UK landscape designer, there is also Russell Page the Australian dancer.
Montague Russell Page (1906 – 1985) was a British gardener, garden designer and landscape architect.
Former partner of Geoffrey Jellicoe and author of The Education of a Gardener (1962). In this book he includes some reference to Islamic and classical gardens. Page and Jellicoe designed the landscape and building for the 'Caveman Restaurant' at Cheddar Gorge in Somerset.
Page went on to design gardens in Europe and the USA. His clients included: Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor and Duchess of Windsor, King Léopold III of Belgium, Sir William Walton, Babe Paley and William S. Paley, Oscar de la Renta, Marcel Boussac, Olive, Lady Baillie, PepsiCo, Baron and Baroness Thierry Van Zuylen van Nijevelt and the Frick Museum. His works include the National Capitol Columns in Washington's United States National Arboretum.[1]
Page was married twice. His first wife was Lida Gurdjieff, a daughter of the spiritual teacher G. I. Gurdjieff, whom he married in 1947; they had one son, David, but divorced in 1954. His second wife, whom he married in 1954, was Vera Milanova Daumal, the former wife of the poet Hendrick Kramer and widow of the poet René Daumal; she died in 1962.
[edit] Further reading
- R. Page, The Education Of A Gardener by Russell Page (1962, and reprints)
- G. van Zuylen and M. Schinz, The Gardens of Russell Page (1991; reprinted 2008)
[edit] References
- ^ "A Capitol Idea". Official website. The United States National Arboretum. 1 April 2010. http://www.usna.usda.gov/Gardens/collections/columns.html. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
[edit] External links
- 'Gardens that Look Inevitable' by Russell Page (1980)
- Great British Gardens biography
- Biography of Russell Page
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