Flowers of the Amazon Forest: The Botanical Art of Margaret Mee

by Margaret Mee

Margaret Mee must rank as one of the most remarkable women of the twentieth century. She was an intrepid explorer of the Brazilian rainforest and an outstanding botanical artist, acclaimed by botanists and art critics worldwide. At the age of 47 Mee started exploring the Amazon, travelling throughout the wildest parts of Amazonia for the next thirty years. Mee learned to live with the forest and its plants, animals and people and learnt much from the Native people about the trees and plants she so meticulously painted. Mee initially sketched the plants in the forest and then worked on the large illustrations of the entire plant in her studio in Rio de Janeiro. Nine of these plants recorded by Mee, previously unknown to science, are now named after her. Flowers of the Amazon Forests: The Botanical Art of Margaret Mee illustrates more than sixty of Mee's major works with additional sketches painted while in the forest. The text is taken directly from the diaries she kept whilst travelling, giving

Genres: Nonfiction, Nature, Art

160 pages, Hardcover

First published September 30, 1983

About the author

Margaret Ursula Mee, MBE (22 May 1909 – 30 November 1988) was a British botanical artist who specialised in plants from the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest. She was also one of the first environmentalists to draw attention to the impact of large-scale mining and deforestation on the Amazon Basin.

Reviews

[Roberta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ilustrações sensíveis e delicadas, com histórias que me fizeram admirar ainda mais essa profissional❤️❤️❤️

[Dan Carey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Up-front admission: I borrowed this book from Inter-Library Loan so I could look at the illustrations (which are quite impressive). I was only marginally interested in the text. But the text is interesting. Mee led quite a life. Unfortunately, I have to return the book to ILL.

[j11x · Rating 4 out of 5]

伟大的玛格丽特，伟大的植物探险家！喜欢玛格丽特的碎碎念，喜欢她画中每一朵盛放的花。心情不好的时候，只要看着这些美丽的植物，就能瞬间被治愈。

[Penny · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fantastic book for anyone interested in botanical illustration. The reproductions of Mees work are excellent. The diary entries are interesting and add context. Highly recommended

[Donna · Rating 4 out of 5]

very beautiful book and art.