Person

Rosser, Celia Elizabeth (1930 - )

OAM

Born
1930
Occupation
Botanical artist
Alternative Names
  • Prince, Celia Elizabeth

Summary

Celia Rosser is recognised as one of the world's best botanical artists, and for having painted all the species of one genus, Banksia. These were published as a 3-volume folio edition with text written by Alex George. All the paintings were executed using wild-collected specimens, many collected by Rosser. Since 2002 the Celia Rosser Medal for Botanical Art has been awarded by the Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, for outstanding exhibits at their biennial exhibition "The Art of Botanical Illustration".

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Chronology

1970
Career position - Science Faculty Artist, Monash University
1974
Career position - University Botanical Artist, Monash University
1977
Award - Jill Smythies Award, for botanical illustration, Linnean Society of London
1981
Award - Honorary MSc, Monash University
1981 - 2000
Career position - Produced drawings of all the banksias of Australia in 3 volumes
1995
Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
1999
Award - Honorary PhD, Monash University
2001
Taxonomy event - Banksia rosserae Olde and Marriott named in her honour

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

  • McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Books

  • Landon, Carolyn, Banksia lady: Celia Rosser, botanical artist (Clayton, Vic.: Monash University Publishing, 2015), 296 pp. Details
  • Rosser, Celia E.; and George, Alexander S., The banksias, 3 vols (London: Academic Press, 1981-2000). Details
  • Scott, George A. M.; and Stone, Ilma G.: illustrations by Rosser, Celia, The Mosses of Southern Australia (London: New York: Academic Press, 1976), 495 pp. Details

Resources

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