List of Australian botanical illustrators

This is a list of botanical illustrators who were/are active or born in Australia.

Botanical illustration involves the painting, drawing and illustration of plants and ecosystems. Often meticulously observed, the botanical art tradition combines both science and art, and botanical artists throughout the centuries have been active in collecting and cataloguing a huge variety of species.

Australian botanical illustrators

A

Mary Morton Allport (1806–1895) – born Birmingham, England
Annick Ansselin – born in France, lives in Tasmania, Australia. Member of Botaniko
Alison Marjorie Ashby (1901–1987) – botanical artist and plant collector
Louisa Atkinson (1834–1872) – writer, botanist and illustrator

B

Kim Bagot-Hiller (born 1975) – born in New South Wales
Ferdinand Bauer (1760–1826) – born in Feldsberg, Austria; travelled on Matthew Flinders' expedition to Australia
Susannah Blaxill – born in NSW, trained in UK and returned to Australia in 1992

C

Kaye Chin
Margaret Castle – born in Kyabram, Victoria, Australia^[1]
Elizabeth Vivienne Conabere (1929–2009) – born in Alexandra, Victoria, botanical artist, writer and conservationist

D

Luke Davis (born 1982) – born in Victoria, Australia
Edgar Dell (1901–2008) – born in England
Pauline Dewar (born 1955) – born in Perth, Australia

E

Lesley Elkan (born 1972) – born in Sydney^[2]
Melinda Edstein – born in Sydney

F

Susan Fereday (1815–1878) – born in Leicestershire, England
Margaret Flockton (1861–1963) – born in Sussex, England
Margaret Forrest (1844–1929) – born in Le Havre, France

G

E. E. Gostelow (1866–1944) – born in Sydney, NSW
Beverley Graham (1932–2010) – born in Melbourne, Victoria

H

Tanya Hoolihan – born in western NSW^[2]
Malcolm Ian Howie (1900–1936) – born in Creswick, Victoria.
Annie Hughes – born in Sydney^[2]

I

Anabella Innes (1826–1916) – born in Bathurst, died in Scotland. Her paintings are now kept at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra ^[3] Born Annabella Innes in 1826 in Bathurst. She moved to Port Macquarie as a 16yo after the death of her father. She lived in Port Macquarie with her mother at her Uncle's home from 1843-1848. She published her watercolours under her married name Boswell. ^[4]

K

L

John Lewin (1770–1819) – born in England
Angela Lober (born 1966) – born in Sydney^[2]
Marina Lommerse – born in Stamford, England. Cited in: Artists of Perth, Editor: Gabi Mills, M&P Publishing, Perth, Australia, 2017

M

Kathleen McArthur (1915–2001) – born in Brisbane, Queensland
Edward Minchen (1852–1913) – born in Middle Swan, Perth, Western Australia
Steffi Michalski (born 1995) – born in New South Wales, Australia
Carolyn Murdoch (born 1959) lives in Perth , Western Australia

N

Philippa Nikulinsky (born 1942) – born in Kalgoorlie, WA
Leonie Norton (born 1948) Sydney NSW

O

P

Sydney Parkinson (c. 1745–1771) – born in Scotland
Emily Pelloe (1878–1941) – born in St Kilda, Victoria
Jacqueline Pemberton (born 1958) – born in Andover, England
Jenny Phillips (1942–2018)
Olive Pink (1884–1975) – born in Hobart, Tasmania

Q

R

Lewis Roberts (born 1950)
Celia Rosser (born 1930)
Ellis Rowan (1847?–1922) – born near Longwood, Victoria

S

Vera Scarth-Johnson (1912–1999) – born in Yorkshire, England
Margaret Stones (1920–2018) – born in Colac, Victoria
Louise Janette Saunders (born 1955) – born in Benalla, Victoria

T

Emil Todt (1810–1900) – born in Berlin, Germany

U V W

Patricia Weeks (born 1938) – Alice Springs, Central Australia; born in Melbourne^[5]
Jennifer Wilkinson (born 1947) – born in Tasmania

X Y Z

References

Botanical Art School of Melbourne
Shirley Sherwood's books on botanical illustration

^ Graphics, green. "Falkner Gallery » David Moore & Margaret Castle". Retrieved 27 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Artists in the gallery". Sydney Living Museums. Museum of Sydney. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
^ "Exploring the world at Port Macquarie | Annabella's botanical watercolours". 30 September 2011.
^ "Annabella Alexandra Campbell Innes - biography".
^ "Pat Weeks | Aboriginal Fabrics". aboriginalfabrics.com.au. Retrieved 27 March 2020.