Capturing Flora: 300 Years of Australian Botanical Art

This exhibition takes visitors through a historical journey of how Australia’s diverse flora have been recorded, interpreted and popularized by botanical artists from William Dampier and the early explorers to the present day.

“The 350 original drawings and prints range from colourful works which celebrate Australia’s vibrant and flamboyant wildflowers to black and white drawings which are incredibly detailed and meticulously observed. It’s a show that will appeal to anyone who has ever looked at a flower”, says Gordon Morrison, Curator and Director of the Art Gallery of Ballarat.

Art Gallery of Ballarat
Until December 2, 2012
Victoria

Miss Maund, Benjamin Maund (publisher), Telopea speciosissima, Waratah, 1837-1842, from Maund’s ‘The Botanist’, handcoloured engraving on paper
Courtesy the Art Gallery of Ballarat

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