Posts Tagged ‘Botanical Artist’
Remembering The Shadow: Lady Charlotte Wheeler-Cuffe – Botanical Artist, Plant Collector, Animal Lover, and Gardener
Subtitle March 8, 1963 Today is the anniversary of the death of the little-known, multi-talented, and dauntless plant explorer, plant collector, gardener, and botanical artist Charlotte Wheeler-Cuffe. Born in Wimbledon in 1867, Charlotte was the youngest daughter in her family. Charlotte became very ill at some point in her childhood, and her sickliness caused her…
Read MoreRemembering Painter and Gardener Pierre-Auguste Renoir Who Found Freedom in Painting Nature
“There’s a little-known story about Renoir. For many years, he hung a sign on his garden gate which read, ‘No Renoirs sold here. Beware the dog.'” December 3, 1919 On this day, the impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir died. There’s a little-known story about Renoir. For many years, he hung a sign on his garden…
Read MoreRemembering Botanist and Artist Sylvia Edlund: A Plant Pioneer with a Tender Heart
“Sylvia was a sickly child and often confined to her bed. She said she took up botany because she thought she shouldn’t study anything she’d have to chase” August 15, 1945 On this day, the botanist Sylvia Edlund was born in Pittsburgh. She earned a Ph.D. in botany from the University of Chicago. Sylvia…
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