Esther Heins
American artist, scientific illustrator and author
About Esther Heins
Lived 1908 – 2007 (aged 99). Esther Heins was an American artist, botanical illustrator, scientific illustrator and writer.
Esther Heins (November 10, 1908 – December 3, 2007) was an American artist, scientific illustrator, and author known for her botanical illustrations. Biography Esther Heins was born on November 10, 1908, in Brooklyn. She attended the Massachusetts School of Art. Heins worked as a commercial art, eventually focusing on botanical illustration. Heins died on December 3, 2007, aged 99.
Art career 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.
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American artist, scientific illustrator and author (1908-2007)
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Esther Heins was born on 10 November 1908 in Brooklyn.
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Esther Heins died on 3 December 2007.
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Esther Heins was an artist, botanical illustrator, scientific illustrator and writer.
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Esther Heins was American.
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