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Matilda Smith (30 July 1854 – 29 December 1926) was a botanical artist whose work appeared in Curtis's Botanical Magazine for over forty years. [1] She became the first artist to depict New Zealand's flora in depth, the first official artist of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and the second woman to become an associate of the Linnaean Society. [2]
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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.
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]
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.
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]
Braida-Chiusano opened her first teaching studio in New York City, "Studio 64," where she taught classes on Botanical Art. She also taught classes at the New York Botanical Gardens, and in other locations that have included Vermont and France. [1] In 1999, Braida-Chiusano began teaching botanical art classes for Ringling College of Art and Design.