Botanical illustration melds scientific precision with expressive virtuosity in a dynamic synthesis. Commonly associated with massive, lavish tomes by 17th- and 18th-century naturalists, botanical art ...

Ida Hrubesky Pemberton created 64 botanical watercolors during the 1930s and 1940s, taking inspiration from plants she grew and nurtured at her Denver home. She is revered among botanical artists who ...

I'M SLIGHTLY obsessed with botanical illustrations. The attention to detail is often so intense that contemplating a watercolor of a single species can be as satisfying as exploring an entire nursery ...

Copies of botanical watercolors from the garden of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are making their way to Wellesley. A collection of 124 paintings of plants from the royal family’s ...

Before there was photography, botanists—or anyone wishing to document flora—created detailed illustrations, known as botanical studies, intended to convey the plant’s physical appearance and other ...

LIKE MANY San Franciscans, Ernest Clayton escaped to Marin after the 1906 earthquake. While the move gave him and his family a safe place to live, it also led the stained glass artist to a huge ...