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Helen Adelaide Wood (1860–1927) British botanical artist and scientific illustrator; one of the first women museum workers in the Caribbean; Florence Woolward (1854–1936) English botanical illustrator and author; Winifred Grace Wright (1891–1978) English chemist; illustrated a pocket guide on the flowers of the Province of Natal
In 1984, the National Museum of Natural History held an exhibition of 80 of Gast's works, including illustrations of fossils, fish, insects and invertebrates. [2] She retired a year later, in 1985. Outside of her scientific work, Gast was also interested in medieval illuminated manuscripts and created a three-dimensional alphabet in this style.
This is a partial list of 20th-century women artists, sorted alphabetically by decade of birth.These artists are known for creating artworks that are primarily visual in nature, in traditional media such as painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, ceramics as well as in more recently developed genres, such as installation art, performance art, conceptual art, digital art and video art.
Harriet Morgan (1830 – 16 August 1907) née Scott was one of 19th century Australia’s most prominent natural history illustrators and, along with her sister Helena Scott, was possibly one of the first professional female illustrators in Australia. The sisters were also highly skilled amateur naturalists and collectors, rare accomplishments ...
Helen Adelaide Wood (August 17, 1860 – November 25, 1927) [1] was a British botanical artist and scientific illustrator best known for the collection of her illustrations held at the Natural History Museum of Jamaica.
Marjorie Netta Blamey MBE (13 March 1918 – 8 September 2019) [1] was an English painter and illustrator, particularly noted for her botanical illustrations for which she was described as "the finest living botanical illustrator", "the best contemporary botanical illustrator" and "the top illustrator in Europe" in reviews around the world. [2] [3]
Another women who influenced and inspired Lewis was her friend Mary Townsend, the sister of John Kirk Townsend. [4] Mary had written a book on insects and Lewis expressed a wish to emulate her. [4] During the 1850s Lewis moved to Philadelphia, where she worked closely with a small circle of Quakers who were active in the natural sciences. [2]
Gertrude Mary Woodward (1854–1939) was a British scientific illustrator.She illustrated many palaeontological works for the Natural History Museum, London and was esteemed by her peers for the accuracy and quality of her watercolour work.