List of Australian botanical illustrators
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This is a list of botanical illustrators born or active in Australia. Botanical illustration involves the painting, drawing and illustration of plants and ecosystems. Often meticulously observed, the botanical art tradition combines both science and art, and botanical artists throughout the centuries have been active in the collecting and cataloguing a huge variety of species.
Australian botanical illustrators
A
- Louisa Atkinson (1834–1872)
- Beverley Allen
B
- Ferdinand Bauer (20 January 1760–17 March 1826). Born in Feldsberg, Austria (travelled on Matthew Flinders' expedition to Australia)
C
Kaye Chin
D
- Edgar Dell (1901–2008). Born in England.
E
F
- Margaret Flockton (1861–1963). Born in Sussex, England.
- Sandra Ford
- Margaret Forrest (1844–1929). Born in Le Havre, France
G
- E. E. Gostelow (1866–1944). Born in Sydney, N.S.W.
- Beverly Graham (1932–2010). Born in Melbourne, Victoria.
H
I
J
K
L
- John Lewin (1770–1819). Born in England
- Luke Davis (1982–present) Born in Victoria, Australia
M
- Kathleen McArthur (1915–2001). Born in Brisbane, Queensland.
- Edward Minchen (1852–1913). Born in Middle Swan, Perth, Western Australia.
N
- Philippa Nikulinsky (born 1942 in Kalgoorlie, W.A.)
O
P
- Sydney Parkinson (c. 1745–1771). Born in Scotland.
- Emily Pelloe (1878–1941) Born in St Kilda, Victoria.
- Jacqueline Pemberton (Born 1958 in Andover, England)
- Jenny Phillips (born 1949)
- Olive Pink (1884–1975). Born in Hobart, Tasmania.
Q R S
- Lewis Roberts (born 1950)
- Celia Rosser (born 1930)
- Ellis Rowan (1847?–1922). Born near Longwood, Victoria.
- Vera Scarth-Johnson (1912–1999). Born in Yorkshire, England.
- Margaret Stones (born 28 August 1920 at Colac, Victoria).
T
- Emil Todt (1810–1900). Born in Berlin, Germany
U V W
- Jennifer Wilkinson (born 1947) Born in Tasmania
- Patricia Weeks (born 1938) Alice Springs - Central Australia (Born Melbourne)
X Y Z
See also
References
Botanical Art School of Melbourne Shirley Sherwood's books on Botanical Illustration
External links
- Olive Pink Botanic Garden website
- Nature's Powerhouse: Cooktown Botanic Gardens
- Australian women wildflower artists:Women of Flowers: Botanical Art in Australia from the 1830s to the 1960s (2009)