English Garden Designer Capability Brown

1715 16 baptised 30 august 1716 6 february 1783 more commonly known as capability brown was an english landscape architect.

English garden designer capability brown. In the 18th century he was responsible for using a more natural style and transformed stately home gardens and landscapes throughout england. Brown was born in kirkharle in northern england likely in 1716. Lancelot brown s reputation reached its nadir in the 1880s.

Lancelot capability brown was the shakespeare of english garden design. By 1980 however after a gradual recovery lancelot brown was recognised as a genius of english garden design. Lancelot brown byname capability brown baptized aug.

He left behind the legacy of a quintessential english garden we are most famous for today. Lancelot brown s popularity reached a peak at the time of his death. Lancelot brown s nickname capability came from his fondness for speaking about a country estate having a great capability for improvement.

30 1716 kirkharle northumberland eng died feb. Lancelot brown born c. It then fell into decline as explained in our online history of english garden design since 1650.

He is remembered as the last of the great english 18th century artists to be accorded his due and england s greatest gardener.