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This is a list of notable botanical illustrators and flower painters born in or citizens of the United States of America. Botanical illustrators paint or draw plants and sometimes their natural environment as well, forming a lineage where art and science meet. Some prefer to paint isolated specimen flowers while others prefer arrangements.
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LeRoy Abrams (1874–1956) was an American botanist and writer. [1] [2] He was a Professor of Botany at Stanford University. [2]He wrote and illustrated a four-volume Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States, with the final volume published posthumously, after compilation and editing by Roxanna Ferris.
The American Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA) is the principal United States society for those who practice and appreciate contemporary botanical art. Since its founding by Diane Bouchier in 1994, ASBA has grown to nearly 2000 individual members in 39 countries and more than 40 institutional members from around the world. [1]
Mary Ann Armstrong (1838–1910), British botanical fern artist [10] Mary Daisy Arnold (c. 1873 –1955), botanical artist [11] Alison Marjorie Ashby (1901–1987), Australian botanical artist and plant collector [12] Louisa Atkinson (1834–1872), Australian botanical artist, illustrator, naturalist and writer [13]
The Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, opened on 19 April 2008, at Kew Gardens is named after her. [4] It was the first gallery in the world dedicated solely to botanical art. Sherwood has been described as a "driving force behind a revival of interest in botanical art". [6] She is a vice-president of the Nature in Art Trust. [7]
From 1990 to 2006 Nikulinsky painted the cover illustration of the quarterly magazine ‘Landscope’ for the Western Australian Department of Conservation and Land Management. In 2004 Philippa was commissioned to paint leschenaultia for the May 2004 edition of ‘Curtis’, the magazine produced by the Kew Gardens in the United Kingdom.