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Why the USDA Hired Artists to Paint Thousands of Fruits
Between 1886 and 1942, the USDA's Division of Pomology commissioned thousands of watercolor paintings. These beautiful illustrations helped establish a national register of plants and fruits that documented new varieties and issue research findings to growers and breeders throughout the country.
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After Three Years of Prison for a Watercolor, Outspoken Kurdish Artist Zehra Doğan Has Been Freed in Turkey
In 2017 the journalist and artist was arrested on charges of propaganda for painting a military attack in Turkey. By Caroline Goldstein. (Feb. 25, 2019)
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1600s Watercolors of Tulips by Alexander Marshall (1639-1682)
Alexander Marshal was by profession a British merchant, who had lived for some time in France, but he was also a respected botanist & entomologist, described by Samuel Hartlib as "one of the greatest Florists and dealers for all manner of Roots Plants and seeds from the Indies and else where" (Leith-Ross, p. 7).
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Watercolor Sketchbook Journaling | Yosemite Conservancy
Create a beautiful watercolor journal of your experience in Yosemite and beyond
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A Lifetime of Sketchbooks from Postwar Painter Richard Diebenkorn
Bay Area artist Richard Diebenkorn kept sketchbooks for his entire career; they served as a sort of nomadic studio where he experimented with visuals that bridged figurative and abstract ideas.
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