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JARDIN MAJORELLE
Jacques Majorelle,son of celebrated furniture maker LOUIS MAJORELLE,was born in Nancy,France in 1886.It was in 1919 that he first come to Marrakech to continue his career as a painter.
He acquired land in 1924 and began the landscape which is today known as the Majorelle Garden.In 1947 he opened the garden to the public,a tradition that continues to this day.Following a car accident in 1962,Jacques Majorelle reteurned to France and shortly thereafter passed away.
The Majorelle Garden is one of the twentieth cantury`s most mysterious gardens.It is a place of rare individual expression and mystical force.The garden is an abundance of vegtal shapes and forms representing five continents and reflects Jacques Majorelle`s significance as one of the most important plant collectors of his time.
MAROCCO 01-2015 -01
JARDIN MAJORELLE
Jacques Majorelle,son of celebrated furniture maker LOUIS MAJORELLE,was born in Nancy,France in 1886.It was in 1919 that he first come to Marrakech to continue his career as a painter.
He acquired land in 1924 and began the landscape which is today known as the Majorelle Garden.In 1947 he opened the garden to the public,a tradition that continues to this day.Following a car accident in 1962,Jacques Majorelle reteurned to France and shortly thereafter passed away.
The Majorelle Garden is one of the twentieth cantury`s most mysterious gardens.It is a place of rare individual expression and mystical force.The garden is an abundance of vegtal shapes and forms representing five continents and reflects Jacques Majorelle`s significance as one of the most important plant collectors of his time.