List of Australian botanical illustrators
Cooktown Orchid (Vappodes phalaenopsis) by Vera Scarth-Johnson
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 collecting and cataloguing a huge variety of species.
Australian botanical illustrators
A
- Beverley Allen
- Louisa Atkinson (1834–1872)
- http://www.annick.id.au">Annick Ansselin (1948 -) Born in France, lives in Tasmania, Australia. Member of http://www.botaniko.org">Botaniko.
B
- Kim Bagot-Hiller (1975–present) - born in New South Wales
- Ferdinand Bauer (1760–1826) - born in Feldsberg, Austria; travelled on Matthew Flinders' expedition to Australia
C
- Kaye Chin
D
- Luke Davis (1982–present - born in Victoria, Australia
- Edgar Dell (1901–2008) - born in England
E
- Lesley Elkan - born in Sydney[1]
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, NSW
- Beverly Graham (1932–2010) - born in Melbourne, Victoria
H
L
- John Lewin (1770–1819) - born in England
- Angela Lober (born in Sydney)[1]
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) - born in Kalgoorlie, WA
P
- Sydney Parkinson (c. 1745–1771) - born in Scotland
- Emily Pelloe (1878–1941) - born in St Kilda, Victoria
- Jacqueline Pemberton (born 1958) - born in Andover, England
- Jenny Phillips (born 1949)
- Olive Pink (1884–1975) - born in Hobart, Tasmania
R
- Lewis Roberts (born 1950)
- Celia Rosser (born 1930)
- Ellis Rowan (1847?–1922) - born near Longwood, Victoria
S
- Vera Scarth-Johnson (1912–1999) - born in Yorkshire, England
- Margaret Stones (born 1920) - born in Colac, Victoria
T
- Emil Todt (1810–1900) - born in Berlin, Germany
U V W
- Patricia Weeks (born 1938) - Alice Springs, Central Australia; born in Melbourne
- Jennifer Wilkinson (born 1947) - born in Tasmania
See also
References
- Botanical Art School of Melbourne
- Shirley Sherwood's books on botanical illustration
- 1 2 3 4 "Artists in the gallery". Sydney Living Museums. Museum of Sydney. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
External links
- Olive Pink Botanic Garden
- Nature's Powerhouse: Cooktown Botanic Gardens
- Australian women wildflower artists: Women of Flowers: Botanical Art in Australia from the 1830s to the 1960s (2009)
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