Artist
Georg Dionysus Ehret
Georg Dionysus Ehret is a Baroque artist. 3 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Georg Dionysius Ehret painted plants. In the 1700s he brushed watercolors of cacti, parrots, and lilies with sharp, clean lines and soft colors. His Cereus Cactus shows a spiky green stem crowned by a pale flower.
Flip to Perroquet Rouge to see a red parrot perched on a branch, its feathers picked out in careful strokes. Start with the lily in American Turk’s-cap lily (Lilium superbum), it’s a bold splash of orange against green leaves, perfect for noticing how he balanced science and art on the page.
Works by Georg Dionysus Ehret
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