Loire Valley Sketchbook

Fabrice Moireau followed the Loire with watercolor in hand, sketchbook at the ready: the châteaux, of course—Chambord, Chaumont, Cheverny—but also the gardens, the riverbanks, and the soft light that has made the valley famous. The text is by Jean-Paul Pigeat, who knew this valley better than anyone: as the creator of the International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire, which he directed for fifteen years, he speaks of it as a man who shaped it as much as he studied it. A book where the gardens matter as much as the stones, written by the man who restored the importance of gardens in France.

• Watercolorist: Fabrice Moireau 
• Author: Jean-Paul Pigeat  
• Dimensions: 251 x 290 mm 
• Number of pages: 96