Rhona Brown
Rhona Brown (September 23, 1922 - March 14, 2014), was a South African botanical artist. Brown was educated at University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg and UNISA graduating with a B.A.(Hons.) in Fine Arts and with a National Art Teachers Certificate. She worked at the Botanical Research Institute in Pretoria for two spells - 1944-46 and 1965–69 and taught sporadically for eight years.
Also recorded as Rhona Collett
Rhona Brown
South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) Archive Strelitzia 26 (2010) · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Name
- Rhona Brown
- Born
- 23 September 1922
- Died
- 14 March 2014
- Education
- University of Natal, (BA,FA)
- Occupation
- Botanical Artist
- Nationality
- South Africa
- Languages
- English
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Rhona Brown (September 23, 1922 - March 14, 2014), was a South African botanical artist. Brown was educated at University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg and UNISA graduating with a B.A.(Hons.) in Fine Arts and with a National Art Teachers Certificate. She worked at the Botanical Research Institute in Pretoria for two spells - 1944-46 and 1965–69 and taught sporadically for eight years.
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She completed some 100 plates for the Flowering Plants of Africa and black-and-white illustrations for Bothalia and Flora of Southern Africa. She provided about half of all illustrations for Palmer & Pitman's Trees of Southern Africa and all the illustrations for Eve Palmer's Field Guide to the Trees of Southern Africa. She married Comdt. Horatio Theophilus Collett on 2 March 1946.
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• Name — Rhona Brown • Born — 23 September 1922 • Died — 14 March 2014 • Citizenship — South Africa • Education — University of Natal, (BA,FA) • Occupation — Botanical Artist
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• 1972 Trees of Southern Africa by Eve Palmer & Norah Pitman, illustrated By Rhona Collett (3 vols.) • 1977 A Field Guide to the Trees of Southern Africa by Eve Palmer, illustrated By Rhona Collett (William Collins & Sons Ltd.) • Calligraphy Teachers Manual - Rhona Collett et al.
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