Charles Storer

Charles Storer (1817, Boston – 1907) was an American painter, best known for his finely detailed drawings of Orchideae and regarded as one of the most prominent floral painters of New England. At 1883 he made his art debut, exhibiting at the National Academy of Design. In the years 1895-1904 he was a member of the Boston Art Club. By 1895, Storer had moved to Providence, Rhode Island, where he had his studio in the downtown Conrad Building. He contributed a painting of Cattleya warscewiczii sub. var. rochellensis to Reichenbachia: Orchids Illustrated and Described.

A lot of Storer's orchid watercolors found themself in Oakes Ames’ personal collection of orchid paintings (other works there were by the botanist himself, his wife Blanche, J.L. Macfarlane, Putzys, and several unidentified artists). The genera represented in the Ames collection are Cypripedium, Cattleya, and Selenipedium. This collection was gifted to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society by Ames.

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