List of Australian botanical illustrators

This is a list of botanical illustrators who were/are active or born in Australia.

Cooktown Orchid (Vappodes phalaenopsis) by Vera Scarth-Johnson

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

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B

C

D

  • Luke Davis (born 1982) - born in Victoria, Australia
  • Edgar Dell (1901–2008) - born in England

E

  • Lesley Elkan (born 1972) - born in Sydney[2]
  • Melinda Edstein - born in Sydney

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G

  • E. E. Gostelow (1866–1944) - born in Sydney, NSW
  • Beverley Graham (1932–2010) - born in Melbourne, Victoria

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  • Tanya Hoolihan - born in western NSW[2]
  • Annie Hughes - born in Sydney[2]

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  • Anabella Innes (1826-1916) Born in Bathurst, died in Scotland. Her paintings are now kept at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra [3] Born Annabella Innes in 1826 in Bathurst. She moved to Port Macquarie as a 16yo after the death of her father. She lived in Port Macquarie with her mother at her Uncle's home from 1843-1848. She published her watercolours under her married name Boswell. [4]

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  • John Lewin (1770–1819) - born in England
  • Angela Lober (born in 1966, Sydney)[2]
  • Marina Lommerse (born in Stamford, England). Cited in: Artists of Perth, Editor: Gabi Mills, M&P Publishing, Perth, Australia, 2017

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P

R

S

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  • Emil Todt (1810–1900) - born in Berlin, Germany

U V W

  • Patricia Weeks (born 1938) - Alice Springs, Central Australia; born in Melbourne[5]
  • Jennifer Wilkinson (born 1947) - born in Tasmania

See also

References

  • Botanical Art School of Melbourne
  • Shirley Sherwood's books on botanical illustration
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