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WH Edwards Paintings Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Vol. 19, No. 2 Bulletin Fall 2007 of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Inside 4 12th International on display 4 White receives ASBA Award 4 Librarian’s pilgrimage in the footsteps of Linnaeus 4 2007 Lawrence Award recipient 4 2008 Associate membership Hydrangea quercifolia in fall, 2005 watercolor by Noriko Watanabe, one of the 111 artworks in the 12th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, which runs through 20 December 2007. Current and upcoming exhibits 12th International opens The 12th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration previewed on Thursday, 27 September 2007. The gallery was filled to capacity with some of the finest contemporary botanical art being produced today. We were so pleased that 29 of the 64 artists represented in our exhibition and over 180 American Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA) members in town for their annual conference at the Holiday Inn Select, Oakland, attended the reception. Our Associates may have been surprised to see our gallery so crowded for those two short hours, but I hope they enjoyed the convivial and celebratory 12th International artists (from left) Dick Rauh, Carol Weld and atmosphere. It was such a pleasure to see botanical artists from Deirdre Bean with Curator of Art James White (third from left). around the world interacting and reconnecting while viewing Photo by Frank A. Reynolds. our exhibition, and it felt like a large family reunion. Many artists remarked that this was our best International to date. and Julia Trickey’s 2006 watercolor Rumex obtusifolius leaf. Images from the reception are available at <http://huntbot. Wendy Brockman (8th International) gave us her 2007 andrew.cmu.edu/HIBD/Exhibitions/Opening/Opening- watercolor on vellum Quercus rubra because she wanted 01.shtml>. A full-color, illustrated catalogue of the 12th us to have one of her more recent artworks. Other 12th International is available for sale (see p. 12). International artists also promised gifts of their artworks in the future. We are most grateful to the 12th International On the day following the reception James White and I artists who donated works from the exhibit: Fusako attended an ASBA portfolio review in search of new talent Abe’s 2005 watercolors Hemerocallis vesperitina and Lilium for our 13th International in 2010. That event was followed formosanum; milly acharya’s 2006 watercolor Cleome; Deirdre by the ASBA sponsored luncheon and many workshops. Bean’s 2006 watercolor Aechmea, ‘Pink Rocket; Margaret Saturday, the Hunt Institute participated in the conference Best’s 2006 watercolor Mespilus germanica; Elisabeth de Boor’s with a morning lecture by Curator of Art James White, 2003 pencil drawing Fragaria virginiana, Wild Strawberry; Archivist Angela Todd and Librarian Charlotte Tancin Carolyn Cappello’s 2004 watercolor Hemerocallis, Bronze on “The History of the Hunt Institute” (with a display of daylilies; Kang Chung’s 2006 colored pencil drawings rare books, artworks and archival materials from all three Apricots and Peppers; Sarah Gould’s 2002 watercolors departments). In the afternoon Curator of Art James White Mango and Tamarillo; Norma Gregory’s 2006 watercolor and I gave presentations on Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden. and colored pencil Bergenia and 2006 watercolor and graphite We displayed a sampling of several of her original artworks Aesculus hippocastanum; Carol Hartley’s 2004 watercolor and other archival materials from our collection of over 450 Protea cynaroides; Mayumi Hashi’s 2004 and 2005 watercolors original watercolors and preparatory sketches, as well as a Encyclia cochleata and Encyclia dickinsoniana; Celia Hegedüs’s vast holding of correspondence, manuscripts, photo portraits 2002 and 2005 watercolors Fritillaria meleagris and ‘Talisman’ and other ephemera documenting the career of this recently [Tulipa]; Doreen Jones’s 2005 watercolors Viburnum opulus deceased botanical artist (a bequest to the Institute in 2007). ‘Fructu-Luteo’ and Viburnum tinus ‘Pink Prelude’; Lauretta It always is a pleasure to share this collection with botanical Jones’s 2003 watercolor Sage and Leaf, Salvia officinalis; artists, many of whom are inspired by her paintings as well as Yoshiko Kamei’s 1998 and 1999 watercolors Anemone and her life as an artist. At the closing ASBA banquet on Saturday Hydrangea; Ruriko Kato’s 2003 watercolor Banksia; Libby evening, Curator of Art James White was the well-deserving Kyer’s 2003 watercolor Cucurbita foetidissima ‘Buffalo Gourd’; recipient of the ASBA Award for Service to Botanical Art Hiroko Mima’s 2002 and 2006 watercolors Ardisia crenata (see p. 4). It was a joy to see him honored with a standing and Heracleum dulce; Naomi Morino’s 2003 watercolor ovation. The three days of activities were exhilarating and Mushrooms; Mariko Nishimoto’s 2004 watercolor exhausting, but our staff enjoyed interacting with so many Amaranthus tricolor; Dick Rauh’s 2006 watercolors Stewartia artists and sharing our special collections, which can also be rostrata and Leonurus cardiaca; Silvana Rava’s 2006 watercolor used by artists as a tool for learning more about botanical Allium carinatum; Margaret Saul’s 2003 watercolor Yellow art history, technique, style and composition. It is exciting Mangosteen (Atractocarpus fitzalanii); Elaine Searle’s 2004 to see the interest in the genre of botanical art growing in watercolor and graphite Astrophytum myriostigma var. nudum; the United States, reflected by the growing membership of Shirley Slocock’s 2006 watercolor Bignonia grandiflora; Halina ASBA in just 13 years. Steele’s 2004 and 2006 watercolors Hibiscus meraukensis and Over the weekend we were fortunate to be given three Cotton Harlequin Bug (Tectocoris diophthalmus) and Alyogyne artworks by 12th International artists: Josephine Eyston huegelii (Lilac Hibiscus) and Rayed Blue Butterfly(Candalides Elwes’s 2004 watercolor Iris foetidissima; Alison Gianangeli’s heathi heathi); Eva Stockhaus’s 1986 wood engraving August 2006 watercolor Tulipa, Hybrid cultivar, Parrot, ‘Rococo’; /Silene and Cichorum; Peta Stockton’s 2006 watercolor Protea (continued on p. 4) 2 Bull. Hunt Inst. Bot. Doc. 19(2), Fall 2007 The Artists Australia Susan Ogilvy Japan South Africa Deirdre Bean Howard Phipps Fusako E. Abe Vicki Thomas Alison Gianangeli Sue Scullard Yoshiko Kamei Sweden Fiona McGlynn Elaine Searle Ruriko Kato Eva Stockhaus Leonie Norton Shirley Slocock Hiroko Mima John Pastoriza-Piñol Peta Stockton Norio Mizukami United States Halina Steele Julia Trickey Mariko Nishimoto milly acharya Heidi Willis Sarah van Niekerk Keiko Noma Elisabeth de Boor Geri Waddington Tomoko Ogawa Bev Byrnes Belgium Carolyn Cappello Carol Hartley Hazel West-Sherring Harue Takumi Eriko Miki Tosaki Kang Chung Brazil France John Gist Patricia Newman Noriko Watanabe André Demonte Etsuko Yamane Karen Johnson Rodrigo Demonte Italy Lauretta Jones Naomi Morino Scotland Libby Kyer Canada Dianne Sutherland Margaret Best Silvana Rava Hillary Landemare Parker Kelly Leahy Radding China Dick Rauh Sandy Ross Sykes Margaret Saul England Carol Weld Josephine Eyston Elwes Wales Sarah Gould Doreen Jones Norma Gregory David Hackman Trevor Haddrell Left and Right: Gary Boardman Mayumi Hashi and Lugene Bruno in the gallery Celia Hegedüs during the installation of the 12th Caroline Holley Catharine Nicholson International. Our gallery, with its beautiful walnut walls, presents many installation challenges. Displaying 111 artworks in a gallery that comfortably holds 50 requires a lot of intuitive juggling in order that salon stacked groupings of paintings will flow naturally from one to the other. We thought the Bulletin readers would enjoy comparing the chaotic before picture of the gallery to the final installation. I am most grateful to Hunt Institute Assistant Archivist Jamie Shriver for her assistance with framing, and especially, staff member Gary Boardman for his meticulous attention to detail during the framing and installation of this and many previous exhibitions. Bull. Hunt Inst. Bot. Doc. 19(2), Fall 2007 3 cynaroides whorl; Dianne Sutherland’s 2002 watercolor ASBA Annual Award for Service to Botanical Art Gloxinia; Sandy Ross Sykes’ 2004 watercolor Hedychium At the banquet on Saturday, 29 September 2007, the greenei; Harue Takumi’s 2006 watercolor Japanese quince, American Society of Botanical Artists presented its Award Chaenomeles speciosa; Eriko Miki Tosaki’s 2006 watercolors for Excellence in the Service of Botanical Art to Curator Commelina communis L. and Carthamus tinctorius L.; Noriko of Art James J. White in recognition of his outstanding Watanabe’s 2005 watercolors Hydrangea quercifolia in fall and work in support of botanical art. Jim is a founding member Hydrangea quercifolia in late fall; Carol Weld’s 2006 watercolor of ASBA, which held its first annual meeting at the Hunt Gloriosa superba; Heidi Willis’s 2003 and 2005 watercolors Institute on 8–9 November 1995. The ASBA continues Chorisia speciosa and Eucalyptus capsules; and Etsuko Yamane’s to meet in Pittsburgh at the time of each International 2006 watercolor Polygonatum odoratum var. pluriflorum cv. The Exhibition (triennial). The ASBA’s second chapter, the artworks from this exhibition that are in our collection will local Allegheny Highlands Botanical Art Society, visits be organized into a travel exhibition circulated to museums, the Institute each December for a curator’s choice display galleries and botanic gardens throughout the continental of
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