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unusual facts about botanical artist



Carlos von Riefel

Carlos von Riefel or Carlos Riefel aka Karlos von Riefel (15 July 1903 Kirchdorf an der Krems, Upper Austria - 1993) was an Austrian botanical artist specialising in fruit and flower painting from 1937, who trained at the Vienna Academy of Arts.


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Anna Maria Truter

Anna Maria Truter (17 August 1777 Cape Town - 15 December 1857 England) was a Cape Colony botanical artist who was married to Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet who became second Secretary to the Admiralty in 1804, and was author of "An Account of Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa, in the Years 1797 and 1798" (London, 1801).

Benjamin Maund

Five volumes of lavish hand-coloured illustrations were issued, Augusta Innes Withers once more being the most important botanical artist to contribute.

Drakaea

The genus was named after Miss Drake, a botanical artist who drew orchids and other plants to assist taxonomists in England in the 19th century.

Gillian Condy

Gillian Condy, born 5 December 1952 Nairobi, is a South African botanical artist.

Margaret Flockton

Margaret Lilian Flockton (29 September 1861 Sussex - 12 August 1953 Sydney), was an Australian botanical artist, particularly noted for her illustrating of "The Forest Flora of New South Wales" (some 300 plates), "A Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus" (88 plates), and the genus Opuntia, all by the botanist and forester, Joseph Henry Maiden.

Otto Wilhelm Thomé

Otto Wilhelm Thomé (1840–1925) was a German botanist and botanical artist from Cologne best known for his compendium of botanical illustrations Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz in Wort und Bild für Schule und Haus (Flora of Germany, Austria and Switzerland in Word and Picture for School and Home) first of 4 volumes with a total of 572 botanical illustrations, published in 1885 in Gera, Germany.

Pierre Valet

Pierre Valet (1575-1650) of Orléans was a French botanical artist, engraver and embroidery designer.

Rhona

Rhona Brown (born 1920), South African botanical artist and housewife

Sarah Rhodes

Sarah t Rhodes (1787 Leeds - 1862 Roundhay, Leeds), was an English amateur botanical artist who used watercolours and gouache on vellum to produce unusual plant images.