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The American Society of Botanical Artists has released the catalog for the traveling exhibition Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps: Contemporary Botanical Artists Explore the Bartrams’ Legacy.
Father and son, John and William Bartram, were two of the first American naturalists. They are credited with introducing the flora of North America to the field of horticulture. Learn about the history of these early explorers and their contributions to horticulture and science in this new catalog.
This 124-page catalog features 46 drawings, etchings and paintings by forty contemporary botanical artists. It also contains the following:
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Preface by Sir Peter Crane
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University
John and William Bartram – American Natural History Artists
Joel Fry, Curator, Bartram’s Garden, Philadelphia
John and William Bartram’s Explorations
Brad Sanders
Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps
Patricia Jonas
Artists & Artwork:
William Alberti – Scarlet Hibiscus
Bobbi Angell – Shooting Star
Karen Coleman – Bartram’s Acorns
Wendy Cortesi – Sassafras and Spicebush Swallowtail
Susan Curnutte – Switchgrass
Estelle DeRidder – Fuller’s Teasel
Carrie DiCostanzo – Cockscomb
Beverly Duncan – Bartram’s Seedlings #2; Bartram’s Seeds
Margaret Farr – Love-in-a-Mist
Ingrid Finnan – Eastern Redbud
Maria Cecilia Freeman – Cherokee Rose
Lara Call Gastinger – Collected Mosses
Joan Lavigueur Geyer – Lyre-leaved Sage
Carole Gorin – Spanish Moss on Laurel Oak Branch
Carol E. Hamilton – Yellow Pond Lily
Gillian Harris – Toadshades
Wendy Hollender – Echinacea
Rose Marie James – Morning Glory
Heeyoung Kim – Green Dragon in Fall
Ku-mie Kim – Indian Woodoats
Barbara Klaas – Smooth Sumac
Karen Kluglein – Bartram’s Franklinia
Jee-Yeon Koo – Spotted Beebalm
Kay Kopper – Pitch Pine
Dianne McElwain – American Lotus
Rhonda Nass – Foxglove
Derek Norman – The Complete Life Cycle of the Wild Leek; Large-flowered Bellwort
Sharron O’Neil – American Mountain Ash
George Olson – Prairie Dock
Dick Rauh – 12 Pine Cones; Franklinia Capsules
Betsy Rogers-Knox – Forest FLoor; Wild Cucumber
Maryann Roper – Beautyberry
Lizzie Sanders – Spiderwort
Judith Simon – Indian Pink
Judy Thomas – Paw Paw
Louisa Rawle Tiné – Silky Dogwood
Melissa Toberer – Rose Mallow
Jeannetta vanRaalte – Turk’s Cap Lily
Catherine Watters – American Persimmon
Carol Woodin – Greater Purple-fringed Orchid
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