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Lilian Snelling (1879–1972) was "probably the most important British botanical artist of the first half of the 20th century". [4] She was the principal artist and lithographer to Curtis's Botanical Magazine between 1921 and 1952 [ 5 ] and "was considered one of the greatest botanical artists of her time" – "her paintings were both detailed ...
Margaret Ursula Mee, MBE (22 May 1909 – 30 November 1988) [1] was a British botanical artist who specialised in plants from the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest.She was also one of the first environmentalists to draw attention to the impact of large-scale mining and deforestation on the Amazon Basin.
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]
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. Many botanical artists through the centuries have been active in collecting and cataloguing new species and/or in breeding plants.
In 2018 Shepherd launched INK Quarterly (INKQ) – a collaborative art publication that acts as a stage for thinkers and artists to talk freely about their ideas and practice for an educated audience. [31] 2018 also saw the birth of the Inky Leaves podcasting channel which, via a series of talks and interviews, discusses and promotes botanical art.
South African botanical artist 1895-01-01 1985-05-03 South Africa: Daphne Osborne: Botanist 1930-03-07 2006-06-16 United Kingdom: Deborah M. Pearsall: American paleoethnobotany 1950 United States: Dianne Edwards: Palaeobotanist 1942 United Kingdom: Doris Löve: Swedish-Icelandic botanist (1918–2000) 1918-01-02 2000-02-25 Sweden: Dorothea Pertz
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.
Deborah Lambkin was born in 1970 and trained in the National College of Art and Design.She spent a number of years living in Dublin and working as an artist. She worked for Motive Advertising and Design which she left in 1998 to focus on her own art.