Fleurs de Lys: Brian Clarke

Fleurs de Lys: Brian Clarke is the catalogue to the eponymous 1998 exhibition at Faggionato Fine Arts, London, dedicated to Linda McCartney. It reproduces works from Brian Clarke’s series of paintings exploring the forms of the fleur de lys from 1998. In his introduction, Christian de Pange explains this symbol:

Fleurs de Lys: Brian Clarke is the catalogue to the eponymous 1998 exhibition at Faggionato Fine Arts, London, dedicated to Linda McCartney. It reproduces works from Brian Clarke’s series of paintings exploring the forms of the fleur de lys from 1998. In his introduction, Christian de Pange explains this symbol:

‘In Paris, Brain Clarke and I often spoke of the lasting impression made on him by a visit to the Sainte Chapelle and his keen interest in heraldic devices, particularly in the lily, which has adorned gardens in many countries down through the ages. But his version is gathered in France in the field ‘of azure strewn with fleur-de-lys', the royal coat of arms.’