ARTIST IN RESIDENCE \u2022 PAINTING<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
LUCILLA CARCANO – GENOA – ITALY<\/h1><\/div>Sap <\/strong>
\nSpring in Maulbronn
\n31.03. to 09.06.2025<\/h3><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>EXHIBITION<\/h2><\/a><\/div><\/div>\nLucilla Carcano \u2022 Genoa \u2022 Italy
\nJune 7 and June 8, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>LEARN MORE<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"artist](\"https:\/\/ludwigseeburgerstiftungnev.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/125_lss_carcano.jpg\")
<\/a><\/span><\/div>Lucilla Carcano \/ <\/em>Photo: Vicki Thomas<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\nLucilla Carcano has drawn inspiration from literature and music for her Maulbronn project. A passage in Hermann Hesse’s novel Glasperlenspiel<\/em> led her to Franz Schubert’s song Faith in Spring<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n“I was about fourteen years old, and it was the season when spring is already in the air, February or March. One afternoon a schoolmate invited me to go out with him to cut a few elder switches (\u2026). We set out, and it must have been an unusually beautiful day in the world or in my own mind, for it has remained in my memory, and vouchsafed me a little experience. The ground was wet, but free of snow; strong green shoots were already breaking through on the edge of streams. Buds and the first opening catkins were already lending a tinge of color to the bare bushes, and the air was full of scent,a scent imbued with life and with contradictions. There were smells of damp soil, decaying leaves, and young growth; any moment one expected to smell the first violets although there were none yet. We came to the elder bushes. They had tiny buds, but no leaves, and as I cut off a twig, a powerful, bittersweet scent wafted toward me.It seemed to gather and multiply all the other smells of spring within itself. I was completely stunned by it; I smelled my knife, smelled my hand, smelled the elder twig.It was the sap that gave off so insistent and irresistible a fragrance. We did not talk about it, but my friend also thoughtfully smelled for a long time. The fragrance meant something to him also. Well now, every experience has its element of magic. <\/em><\/p>\nIn this case the onset of spring, which had enthralled me as I walked over the wet, squishing meadows and smelled the soil and the buds, had now been concentrated into a sensual symbol by the fortissimo of that elder shrub’s fragrance.<\/em>
\nPossibly I would never have forgotten this scent even if the experience had remained isolated (\u2026). But now a second element entered in. At that time I had found an old volume of music at my piano teacher’s. It was a volume of songs by Franz Schubert, and it exerted a strong attraction upon me. I had leafed through it one time when I had a rather long wait for the teacher, and had asked to borrow it for a few days. <\/em><\/p>\nIn my leisure hours I gave myself up to the ecstasy of discovery. Up to that time I had not known Schubert at all, and I was totally captivated by him. And now, on the day of that walk to the elderberry bush or the day after, I discovered Schubert’s spring song, “Die linden L\u00fcfte sind erwacht ,” and the first chords of the piano accompaniment assailed me like something already familiar. Those chords had exactly the same fragrance as the sap of the young elder, just as bittersweet, just as strong and compressed, just as full of the forthcoming spring. From that time on the association of earliest spring, fragrance of elder, Schubert chords has been fixed and absolutely valid, for me. As soon as the first chord is struck I immediately smell the tartness of the sap, and both together mean to me: spring is on the way.\u201c <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>![\"Artist](\"https:\/\/ludwigseeburgerstiftungnev.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/126_lss_carcano_crocus.jpg\")
<\/a><\/span><\/div>Crocus biflorus \/ Watercolour on paper \/ 2019 \/ Lucilla Carcano<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>\nLucilla Carcano says about the origin of her project idea and about her project:<\/h4>\n“A piece of music and a plant have so much in common, both created by equally logical and simple laws, both with the power to lead us to a higher dimension. I imagine my explorations in the nature around Maulbronn as a kind of subtle listening. A precious time for attention.<\/h5>\nI intend to work on two projects in parallel:<\/h5>\nProject 1
\nLeporello<\/em><\/strong>
\n(graphite and watercolor)
\nThe Leporello will relate and collect my observations day by day, documenting the flowers that bloom during the residency.<\/h5>\nProject 2
\nClump of earth in spring<\/em><\/strong>
\n(Watercolor on paper)
\nThe clump of earth in spring will represent the plant species that gather freely in a small area of undergrowth.<\/h5>\nAs part of “Meet the Artist,” I will provide an initial insight into my work. On this occasion, I will also showcase previously created watercolors.
\nThe works created in Maulbronn will be on display at the end of the residency.\u201c<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/span><\/blockquote><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"Artist](\"https:\/\/ludwigseeburgerstiftungnev.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/130_lss_carcano_leporello.png\")
<\/a><\/span><\/div>Summer notes on the river Trebbia \/ graphite and watercolour on paper \/ 2022 \/ Lucilla Carcano<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>About Lucilla Carcano<\/strong><\/p>\nShe studied biology at La Sapienza University in Rome, specializing in botany under the guidance of Prof. Sandro Pignatti, the author of Flora d’Italia.
\nLater, she worked as a nature illustrator and collaborated with the WWF – World Wildlife Fund, the Abruzzo National Park Authority, the University of La Sapienza and numerous publishers.
\nShe is a member of the ASBA – American Society of Botanical Artists and the AIPAN – Italian Association for Naturalistic Art.
\nHer botanical watercolors have been exhibited in many cities in Italy and have also traveled to England, the United States, Australia, and Germany. Some of them are in significant collections: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation in Pittsburgh (PA), Lindley Library in London, New York State Museum in Albany (NY), Museo della Grafica in Pisa, Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve in Rensselaerville (NY).
\nShe has received prestigious awards in international competitions and teaches scientific illustration at the Academy of Fine Arts in Genoa.
\nIn 2021, she was invited to participate in the Grootbos Florilegium Project in South Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Find out more about the artist here:
\nwww.lucillacarcano.com<\/a>
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Sap <\/strong>
\nSpring in Maulbronn
\n31.03. to 09.06.2025<\/h3><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>EXHIBITION<\/h2><\/a><\/div><\/div>\nLucilla Carcano \u2022 Genoa \u2022 Italy
\nJune 7 and June 8, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>LEARN MORE<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div>Lucilla Carcano \/ <\/em>Photo: Vicki Thomas<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\nLucilla Carcano has drawn inspiration from literature and music for her Maulbronn project. A passage in Hermann Hesse’s novel Glasperlenspiel<\/em> led her to Franz Schubert’s song Faith in Spring<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n“I was about fourteen years old, and it was the season when spring is already in the air, February or March. One afternoon a schoolmate invited me to go out with him to cut a few elder switches (\u2026). We set out, and it must have been an unusually beautiful day in the world or in my own mind, for it has remained in my memory, and vouchsafed me a little experience. The ground was wet, but free of snow; strong green shoots were already breaking through on the edge of streams. Buds and the first opening catkins were already lending a tinge of color to the bare bushes, and the air was full of scent,a scent imbued with life and with contradictions. There were smells of damp soil, decaying leaves, and young growth; any moment one expected to smell the first violets although there were none yet. We came to the elder bushes. They had tiny buds, but no leaves, and as I cut off a twig, a powerful, bittersweet scent wafted toward me.It seemed to gather and multiply all the other smells of spring within itself. I was completely stunned by it; I smelled my knife, smelled my hand, smelled the elder twig.It was the sap that gave off so insistent and irresistible a fragrance. We did not talk about it, but my friend also thoughtfully smelled for a long time. The fragrance meant something to him also. Well now, every experience has its element of magic. <\/em><\/p>\nIn this case the onset of spring, which had enthralled me as I walked over the wet, squishing meadows and smelled the soil and the buds, had now been concentrated into a sensual symbol by the fortissimo of that elder shrub’s fragrance.<\/em>
\nPossibly I would never have forgotten this scent even if the experience had remained isolated (\u2026). But now a second element entered in. At that time I had found an old volume of music at my piano teacher’s. It was a volume of songs by Franz Schubert, and it exerted a strong attraction upon me. I had leafed through it one time when I had a rather long wait for the teacher, and had asked to borrow it for a few days. <\/em><\/p>\nIn my leisure hours I gave myself up to the ecstasy of discovery. Up to that time I had not known Schubert at all, and I was totally captivated by him. And now, on the day of that walk to the elderberry bush or the day after, I discovered Schubert’s spring song, “Die linden L\u00fcfte sind erwacht ,” and the first chords of the piano accompaniment assailed me like something already familiar. Those chords had exactly the same fragrance as the sap of the young elder, just as bittersweet, just as strong and compressed, just as full of the forthcoming spring. From that time on the association of earliest spring, fragrance of elder, Schubert chords has been fixed and absolutely valid, for me. As soon as the first chord is struck I immediately smell the tartness of the sap, and both together mean to me: spring is on the way.\u201c <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div>Crocus biflorus \/ Watercolour on paper \/ 2019 \/ Lucilla Carcano<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>\nLucilla Carcano says about the origin of her project idea and about her project:<\/h4>\n“A piece of music and a plant have so much in common, both created by equally logical and simple laws, both with the power to lead us to a higher dimension. I imagine my explorations in the nature around Maulbronn as a kind of subtle listening. A precious time for attention.<\/h5>\nI intend to work on two projects in parallel:<\/h5>\nProject 1
\nLeporello<\/em><\/strong>
\n(graphite and watercolor)
\nThe Leporello will relate and collect my observations day by day, documenting the flowers that bloom during the residency.<\/h5>\nProject 2
\nClump of earth in spring<\/em><\/strong>
\n(Watercolor on paper)
\nThe clump of earth in spring will represent the plant species that gather freely in a small area of undergrowth.<\/h5>\nAs part of “Meet the Artist,” I will provide an initial insight into my work. On this occasion, I will also showcase previously created watercolors.
\nThe works created in Maulbronn will be on display at the end of the residency.\u201c<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/span><\/blockquote><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div>Summer notes on the river Trebbia \/ graphite and watercolour on paper \/ 2022 \/ Lucilla Carcano<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>About Lucilla Carcano<\/strong><\/p>\nShe studied biology at La Sapienza University in Rome, specializing in botany under the guidance of Prof. Sandro Pignatti, the author of Flora d’Italia.
\nLater, she worked as a nature illustrator and collaborated with the WWF – World Wildlife Fund, the Abruzzo National Park Authority, the University of La Sapienza and numerous publishers.
\nShe is a member of the ASBA – American Society of Botanical Artists and the AIPAN – Italian Association for Naturalistic Art.
\nHer botanical watercolors have been exhibited in many cities in Italy and have also traveled to England, the United States, Australia, and Germany. Some of them are in significant collections: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation in Pittsburgh (PA), Lindley Library in London, New York State Museum in Albany (NY), Museo della Grafica in Pisa, Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve in Rensselaerville (NY).
\nShe has received prestigious awards in international competitions and teaches scientific illustration at the Academy of Fine Arts in Genoa.
\nIn 2021, she was invited to participate in the Grootbos Florilegium Project in South Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Find out more about the artist here:
\nwww.lucillacarcano.com<\/a>
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\nSpring in Maulbronn
\n31.03. to 09.06.2025<\/h3><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>
EXHIBITION<\/h2><\/a><\/div><\/div>\nLucilla Carcano \u2022 Genoa \u2022 Italy
\nJune 7 and June 8, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>LEARN MORE<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div>Lucilla Carcano \/ <\/em>Photo: Vicki Thomas<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\nLucilla Carcano has drawn inspiration from literature and music for her Maulbronn project. A passage in Hermann Hesse’s novel Glasperlenspiel<\/em> led her to Franz Schubert’s song Faith in Spring<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n“I was about fourteen years old, and it was the season when spring is already in the air, February or March. One afternoon a schoolmate invited me to go out with him to cut a few elder switches (\u2026). We set out, and it must have been an unusually beautiful day in the world or in my own mind, for it has remained in my memory, and vouchsafed me a little experience. The ground was wet, but free of snow; strong green shoots were already breaking through on the edge of streams. Buds and the first opening catkins were already lending a tinge of color to the bare bushes, and the air was full of scent,a scent imbued with life and with contradictions. There were smells of damp soil, decaying leaves, and young growth; any moment one expected to smell the first violets although there were none yet. We came to the elder bushes. They had tiny buds, but no leaves, and as I cut off a twig, a powerful, bittersweet scent wafted toward me.It seemed to gather and multiply all the other smells of spring within itself. I was completely stunned by it; I smelled my knife, smelled my hand, smelled the elder twig.It was the sap that gave off so insistent and irresistible a fragrance. We did not talk about it, but my friend also thoughtfully smelled for a long time. The fragrance meant something to him also. Well now, every experience has its element of magic. <\/em><\/p>\nIn this case the onset of spring, which had enthralled me as I walked over the wet, squishing meadows and smelled the soil and the buds, had now been concentrated into a sensual symbol by the fortissimo of that elder shrub’s fragrance.<\/em>
\nPossibly I would never have forgotten this scent even if the experience had remained isolated (\u2026). But now a second element entered in. At that time I had found an old volume of music at my piano teacher’s. It was a volume of songs by Franz Schubert, and it exerted a strong attraction upon me. I had leafed through it one time when I had a rather long wait for the teacher, and had asked to borrow it for a few days. <\/em><\/p>\nIn my leisure hours I gave myself up to the ecstasy of discovery. Up to that time I had not known Schubert at all, and I was totally captivated by him. And now, on the day of that walk to the elderberry bush or the day after, I discovered Schubert’s spring song, “Die linden L\u00fcfte sind erwacht ,” and the first chords of the piano accompaniment assailed me like something already familiar. Those chords had exactly the same fragrance as the sap of the young elder, just as bittersweet, just as strong and compressed, just as full of the forthcoming spring. From that time on the association of earliest spring, fragrance of elder, Schubert chords has been fixed and absolutely valid, for me. As soon as the first chord is struck I immediately smell the tartness of the sap, and both together mean to me: spring is on the way.\u201c <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div>Crocus biflorus \/ Watercolour on paper \/ 2019 \/ Lucilla Carcano<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>\nLucilla Carcano says about the origin of her project idea and about her project:<\/h4>\n“A piece of music and a plant have so much in common, both created by equally logical and simple laws, both with the power to lead us to a higher dimension. I imagine my explorations in the nature around Maulbronn as a kind of subtle listening. A precious time for attention.<\/h5>\nI intend to work on two projects in parallel:<\/h5>\nProject 1
\nLeporello<\/em><\/strong>
\n(graphite and watercolor)
\nThe Leporello will relate and collect my observations day by day, documenting the flowers that bloom during the residency.<\/h5>\nProject 2
\nClump of earth in spring<\/em><\/strong>
\n(Watercolor on paper)
\nThe clump of earth in spring will represent the plant species that gather freely in a small area of undergrowth.<\/h5>\nAs part of “Meet the Artist,” I will provide an initial insight into my work. On this occasion, I will also showcase previously created watercolors.
\nThe works created in Maulbronn will be on display at the end of the residency.\u201c<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/span><\/blockquote><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div>Summer notes on the river Trebbia \/ graphite and watercolour on paper \/ 2022 \/ Lucilla Carcano<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>About Lucilla Carcano<\/strong><\/p>\nShe studied biology at La Sapienza University in Rome, specializing in botany under the guidance of Prof. Sandro Pignatti, the author of Flora d’Italia.
\nLater, she worked as a nature illustrator and collaborated with the WWF – World Wildlife Fund, the Abruzzo National Park Authority, the University of La Sapienza and numerous publishers.
\nShe is a member of the ASBA – American Society of Botanical Artists and the AIPAN – Italian Association for Naturalistic Art.
\nHer botanical watercolors have been exhibited in many cities in Italy and have also traveled to England, the United States, Australia, and Germany. Some of them are in significant collections: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation in Pittsburgh (PA), Lindley Library in London, New York State Museum in Albany (NY), Museo della Grafica in Pisa, Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve in Rensselaerville (NY).
\nShe has received prestigious awards in international competitions and teaches scientific illustration at the Academy of Fine Arts in Genoa.
\nIn 2021, she was invited to participate in the Grootbos Florilegium Project in South Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Find out more about the artist here:
\nwww.lucillacarcano.com<\/a>
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Lucilla Carcano \u2022 Genoa \u2022 Italy
\nJune 7 and June 8, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/a><\/span><\/div>Lucilla Carcano \/ <\/em>Photo: Vicki Thomas<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Lucilla Carcano has drawn inspiration from literature and music for her Maulbronn project. A passage in Hermann Hesse’s novel Glasperlenspiel<\/em> led her to Franz Schubert’s song Faith in Spring<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div> “I was about fourteen years old, and it was the season when spring is already in the air, February or March. One afternoon a schoolmate invited me to go out with him to cut a few elder switches (\u2026). We set out, and it must have been an unusually beautiful day in the world or in my own mind, for it has remained in my memory, and vouchsafed me a little experience. The ground was wet, but free of snow; strong green shoots were already breaking through on the edge of streams. Buds and the first opening catkins were already lending a tinge of color to the bare bushes, and the air was full of scent,a scent imbued with life and with contradictions. There were smells of damp soil, decaying leaves, and young growth; any moment one expected to smell the first violets although there were none yet. We came to the elder bushes. They had tiny buds, but no leaves, and as I cut off a twig, a powerful, bittersweet scent wafted toward me.It seemed to gather and multiply all the other smells of spring within itself. I was completely stunned by it; I smelled my knife, smelled my hand, smelled the elder twig.It was the sap that gave off so insistent and irresistible a fragrance. We did not talk about it, but my friend also thoughtfully smelled for a long time. The fragrance meant something to him also. Well now, every experience has its element of magic. <\/em><\/p>\n In this case the onset of spring, which had enthralled me as I walked over the wet, squishing meadows and smelled the soil and the buds, had now been concentrated into a sensual symbol by the fortissimo of that elder shrub’s fragrance.<\/em> In my leisure hours I gave myself up to the ecstasy of discovery. Up to that time I had not known Schubert at all, and I was totally captivated by him. And now, on the day of that walk to the elderberry bush or the day after, I discovered Schubert’s spring song, “Die linden L\u00fcfte sind erwacht ,” and the first chords of the piano accompaniment assailed me like something already familiar. Those chords had exactly the same fragrance as the sap of the young elder, just as bittersweet, just as strong and compressed, just as full of the forthcoming spring. From that time on the association of earliest spring, fragrance of elder, Schubert chords has been fixed and absolutely valid, for me. As soon as the first chord is struck I immediately smell the tartness of the sap, and both together mean to me: spring is on the way.\u201c <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div> Crocus biflorus \/ Watercolour on paper \/ 2019 \/ Lucilla Carcano<\/p>\n<\/div> Summer notes on the river Trebbia \/ graphite and watercolour on paper \/ 2022 \/ Lucilla Carcano<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div> About Lucilla Carcano<\/strong><\/p>\n She studied biology at La Sapienza University in Rome, specializing in botany under the guidance of Prof. Sandro Pignatti, the author of Flora d’Italia. Find out more about the artist here:
\nPossibly I would never have forgotten this scent even if the experience had remained isolated (\u2026). But now a second element entered in. At that time I had found an old volume of music at my piano teacher’s. It was a volume of songs by Franz Schubert, and it exerted a strong attraction upon me. I had leafed through it one time when I had a rather long wait for the teacher, and had asked to borrow it for a few days. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/div>Lucilla Carcano says about the origin of her project idea and about her project:<\/h4>\n
“A piece of music and a plant have so much in common, both created by equally logical and simple laws, both with the power to lead us to a higher dimension. I imagine my explorations in the nature around Maulbronn as a kind of subtle listening. A precious time for attention.<\/h5>\n
I intend to work on two projects in parallel:<\/h5>\n
Project 1
\nLeporello<\/em><\/strong>
\n(graphite and watercolor)
\nThe Leporello will relate and collect my observations day by day, documenting the flowers that bloom during the residency.<\/h5>\nProject 2
\nClump of earth in spring<\/em><\/strong>
\n(Watercolor on paper)
\nThe clump of earth in spring will represent the plant species that gather freely in a small area of undergrowth.<\/h5>\nAs part of “Meet the Artist,” I will provide an initial insight into my work. On this occasion, I will also showcase previously created watercolors.
\nThe works created in Maulbronn will be on display at the end of the residency.\u201c<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/span><\/blockquote><\/a><\/span><\/div>
\nLater, she worked as a nature illustrator and collaborated with the WWF – World Wildlife Fund, the Abruzzo National Park Authority, the University of La Sapienza and numerous publishers.
\nShe is a member of the ASBA – American Society of Botanical Artists and the AIPAN – Italian Association for Naturalistic Art.
\nHer botanical watercolors have been exhibited in many cities in Italy and have also traveled to England, the United States, Australia, and Germany. Some of them are in significant collections: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation in Pittsburgh (PA), Lindley Library in London, New York State Museum in Albany (NY), Museo della Grafica in Pisa, Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve in Rensselaerville (NY).
\nShe has received prestigious awards in international competitions and teaches scientific illustration at the Academy of Fine Arts in Genoa.
\nIn 2021, she was invited to participate in the Grootbos Florilegium Project in South Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div>
\nwww.lucillacarcano.com<\/a>
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