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THE BAUER BROTHERS: The Story of Three Boys from Valtice
Discover the geniuses of botanical illustration!
About the Book
The project was inspired by Suzanna (Zuzana) Halsey, who first learned about the Bauer brothers from Přemysl Krejčiřík, the director of the Lu & Tiree Chmelar Herb Garden in Valtice, where artist Zdeňka Žďárská Benešová led a program called Painting with the Bauers. Since no Czech book about the Bauers existed, Suzanna and Zdeňka decided to create one. The goal was to "rediscover" the Bauers' legacy and inspire young people's interest in science and art.
Zdeňka invited her former students from the ZUŠ Mikulov art school — Anastasia and Maria Komarova, and Klára and Veronika Kružíková — to form a "dream team." Under her guidance and after two years of intensive work and research trips to museums and archives, they produced not only beautiful illustrations but also a unique publication with original texts. The book presents the fascinating story of the Bauer brothers — from their childhood at the monastery of the Brothers Hospitallers in Valtice, through their studies in Vienna and work on the Codex Liechtenstein, to their international careers.
Comics-style illustrations capture the team's travels while researching the book, adding a playful, contemporary touch. QR codes connect readers to digitized originals of Bauer illustrations stored in foreign archives. The endpapers feature charming flowerpot drawings by local schoolchildren, inspired by those the Bauer brothers, as kids, created for the herbarium of their benefactor and Prior of the Hospitaller Order in Valtice, Norbert Boccius.***
We are grateful to our sponsors who made this book possible.
Friends of Czech Greenways, New York
The Prince of Liechtenstein Philanthropic Foundation
The Town of Valtice
Zdeňka & Ondřej Žďárský
Moravská krása Foundation in Břeclav
NPÚ Valtice Chateau
The Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences (SVU-New York)