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Filoli Estate & Gardens Summer Hotspot for Botanical Art

July 6, 2009 by Tania Marien

The Gallery at Filoli is currently hosting its 11th Annual Botanical Art Exhibition. Sixty-four original paintings and drawings created by 38 artists will be on view through August, 16, 2009. The plant portraits on display were created using the following media: watercolor, colored pencil, pen & ink, graphite, acrylic, and oil.

Exhibiting artists will host a “Meet the Artist” session during the artists’ reception on Thursday, July 16, 2009 (5 pm – 7 pm). Artists will be present to answer your questions about how they created the drawings and paintings in the exhibit. To attend this special evening event, please RSVP to classes@filoli.org or (650) 364-8300. Admission to the reception is free. Reservations are required.

Occurring on the same weekend as the artists’ reception is a program called, Flowers in the Home. Of particular interest to botanical artists this weekend is the presentation to be given by Dr. Stephanie Schrader of the J. Paul Getty Museum who will speak about the life of natural history illustrator, Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717).

Summer visitors to Filoli will also have what is almost certain to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to view the first volume of Prince Charles’ Highgrove Florilegium, now on display through the end of August.

Need a weekend getaway? Go to Filoli next week to mingle with contemporary botanical artists, learn about one of the most accomplished natural history illustrators of all time, and see a modern-day royal florilegium. Filoli is definitely a hotspot for botanical art this summer!

Filoli’s historic estate and gardens are located 30 miles south of San Francisco. Learn more at Filoli.org.



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  • Books about Maria Sibylla Merian

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