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Gillian Condy (born 5 December 1952, Nairobi) is a South African botanical artist.She has illustrated more than 200 plates for Flowering Plants of Africa, contributed to various other South African National Botanical Institute publications and eight plates for Curtis’s Botanical Magazine.
Rhona Brown (1922-2014), South African botanical artist; Margaret Warriner Buck (1857-1929), American botanical artist, specialized in depicting California wildflowers; Priscilla Susan Bury (1799–1872), English botanist and illustrator; Mildred Anne Butler (1858–1941), Irish artist who specialized in watercolour and oil painting
She started illustrating the world around her when she was young. [1] She found her way to painting and botanical art after discovering Shirley Sherwood's book "Contemporary Botanical Artist" and viewing Sherwood's exhibit at SH Irvin Gallery in 1998. [2] Allen studied graphic design and illustration before turning to botanical art in 1997. [3]
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.
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 ...
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.
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]
Rix has authored contributions in many major botanical texts including The European Garden Flora, Flora Europaea, Flora of Turkey, [3] the Kew Bulletin and has been editor of Curtis's Botanical Magazine since 2003. [7] [3] He is the author of a number of books including Art of the Plant World, Art in Nature and Redoute Album. [5]