Conservation Conversations | Margaret Mee: Portraits of Plants

Hear two of our contributing artists share how botanical artists can facilitate conversations on conservation.
This special exhibition presents 20 stunning paintings of Amazonian flora by the artist, explorer, and environmentalist Margaret Mee (1909-1988) in the Dumbarton Oaks rare book collection. These works were acquired by Dumbarton Oaks founder Mildred Bliss in 1966 and 1967 and date to  Mee’s first three expeditions in the Amazon.
The exhibition draws on manuscript and print works from the rare book collection to situate Mee within a tradition of women botanical artists and illustrators that stretches back to the seventeenth century. Portraits of Plants interrogates the enduring interplay between art and science through a variety of media extending to the present day, with works by contemporary photographer Amy Lamb, scientific illustrator Alice Tangerini, and botanical artist Nirupa Rao.
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