Esther Heins Explained

Esther Heins
Birth Date:November 10, 1908
Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York
Field:Botanical Illustration

Esther Heins (1908-2007) was an American artist and scientific illustrator and author. She is known for her botanical illustrations.

Heins was born on November 10, 1908, in Brooklyn, New York.[1] She attended the Massachusetts School of Art. Heins worked as a commercial art, eventually focusing on botanical illustration.[2]

Heins created a series of water color paintings of plants in the Arnold Arboretum. Many of those illustrations were collected into the book Flowering Trees and Shrubs.[3]

Heins died on December 3, 2007, at the age of 99.[1] Her work is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 18 January 2018 . Esther Heins Obituary (2008) - Marblehead, MA . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231205055500/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/bostonglobe/name/esther-heins-obituary?id=8911468 . 5 December 2023 . 23 September 2023 . . Legacy.com.
  2. Web site: Esther Heins - Biography . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191110164841/https://www.askart.com/artist/Esther_Heins/11218385/Esther_Heins.aspx . 10 November 2019 . 23 September 2023 . askART.com.
  3. Book: Leet, Judith . Flowering Trees and Shrubs: The Botanical Paintings of Esther Heins . . . 1987 . 9780810909403 . New York . en . 14099295 . 5269978W . 5 June 2024 . registration . Internet Archive.
  4. Web site: Artist/Maker: Esther Heins . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240606043542/https://collections.mfa.org/search/Objects/peopleSearch%3A%20Esther%20Heins/ . 6 June 2024 . 23 September 2023 . Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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