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Albert Robert Valentien

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Ellen Browning Scripps commissioned Valentien to paint a series of illustrations of California wildflowers with the intention of publishing a compendium of the flora of California. Valentien worked on the project for ten years, and the scope of botanical subjects grew to encompass native grasses,
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ferns, and trees. Scripps ultimately decided not to publish the flora. Her estate donated most of his paintings in her collection, 1094 in total, to the San Diego Natural History Museum in 1933.
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to illustrate the botanical diversity of California. Over the next ten years, he produced approximately 1200 watercolor "plant portraits" of
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San Diego Natural History Museum−theNat.org: Information on the artist, and the conservation/exhibition of his paintings
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LaFee, Scott (February 9, 2000). "Valentien's flowers – An artistic tale of beauty, science, talent and heartbreak".
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Kamerling, Bruce (Summer 1978). "Anna and Albert Valentien: The Arts and Crafts Movement in San Diego".
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Simpson, Richard V. (September 1999). "Rookwood pottery: a tradition of excellence".
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Valentien's paintings and art pottery work are represented in collections of the
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Valentien Collection, San Diego Natural History Museum: SDNHM ARV 1933-0493 — "
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of botanical subjects. In 1908, he accepted a commission from philanthropist
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Earthenware plaque by Albert Robert Valentien for Rookwood Pottery Company,
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houses a significant collection of Albert Valentien's paintings and papers.
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Retiring from Rookwood in 1905, the Valentiens moved to San Diego in 1908.
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The San Diego Natural History Museum−theNat.org: The Valentien Collection
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Albert R. Valentien: The California Years, 1908–1925 (exhibition catalog)
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The Not-so-still Life: A Century of California Painting and Sculpture
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Landauer, Susan; Gerdts, William H.; Trenton, Patricia (2003).
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People associated with the San Diego Natural History Museum
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Plant portraits: the California legacy of A.R. Valentien
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native California wildflowers, grasses, ferns, and trees
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The San Diego Natural History Museum Research Library
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San Diego History Center
Cincinnati, Ohio
San Diego, California
watercolor
Ceramic art
Arts and Crafts
signature reading "A R Valentien"
painter
botanical artist
ceramic artist
Rookwood Pottery
watercolor paintings
Ellen Browning Scripps
native California wildflowers, grasses, ferns, and trees
Cincinnati
School of Design
University of Cincinnati
Thomas S. Noble
Frank Duveneck
Anna Marie Bookprinter

Rookwood Pottery Company
Rookwood Pottery Company
Southern California
Dulzura
San Diego State University

Carpenteria californica (Tree anemone)
San Diego, California

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