Posts Tagged ‘Women Artists’
Georgia O’Keeffe: How to Make Flowers Impossible to Ignore
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 15, 1887 On this day, Georgia O’Keeffe was born – an artist who would revolutionize how we see flowers through her bold, modernist vision. Over her remarkable career, O’Keeffe created more than…
Read MoreThe Painter’s Garden: Anna Massey Lea Merritt’s Natural Inspirations
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 13, 1844 On this day, a most extraordinary soul entered our world – Anna Massey Lea Merritt, whose life would bloom like a carefully tended English garden, rich with both artistic achievement…
Read MoreA Forgotten Flower: Minnie Aumonier, Artist and Poet
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 2, 1865: Minnie Aumonier, English artist and poet, was born. Minnie was a woman of remarkable wit, passion, and creativity. Her work is a testament to the beauty of nature and the…
Read MoreEllen Bowditch Thayer Fisher: Brushstrokes of Botanical Brilliance
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 16, 1847 On this day, dear admirers of botanical artistry, we celebrate the birth of Ellen Bowditch Thayer Fisher, an American botanical illustrator whose delicate brushstrokes would capture the essence of nature’s…
Read MoreBrushstrokes and Bequeathments: The Extraordinary Life of Mary Hiester Reid
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 24, 1854 On this day in 1854, the extraordinary floral still-life painter Mary Hiester Reid entered the world—a woman whose brushstrokes captured nature’s fleeting beauty with such exquisite delicacy that one might…
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