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Past Exhibitions   When the Hunt Botanical Library (now the Hunt Institute) first opened in 1961, samples of works in Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt's collection were informally hung in the boardroom (now the gallery) until 1963. Exhibition of Redoutéana, which included paintings, letters, documents, and books illustrated by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, was the first exhibit formally open to the public. From that point on, a regular exhibition program was implemented, with a spring and fall display of artwork from our collection, or on loan from others. Below is a list, which includes exhibition titles, display dates, and information as to whether a checklist or catalogue was printed. In the future detailed descriptions will be added to these exhibits.

Photograph of the gallery during the Contemporary Botanical Art & Illustration exhibition, which became known as the 1st International, between 6 April and 1 September 1964.

2 October 1961–16 March 1963 Informal installations of artworks in the boardroom (now the gallery) periodically changed during this period. 21 April–1 August 1963 Exhibition of Redoutéana (Paintings, letters, documents, and books illustrated by Pierre-Joseph Redouté) Publications: Out-of-Print; checklist, out-of-print 18 August–8 November 1963 Adanson exhibition (books, manuscripts, letters, photographs, and [from Sénégal] botanical specimens and artifacts) Publications: Out-of-Print 13 November 1963–30 March 1964 Prints and illustrations from herbals of the 15th–17th century 6 April–1 September 1964 Contemporary Botanical Art & Illustration (1st International) Publications: Out-of-Print 7 September 1964–29 April 1965 The 17th Century Florilegia: Prints and Books 2 May–15 October 1965 Botanical Paintings by Andrey Avinoff (checklist, out-of-print) 17 October 1965–15 May 1966 Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden: Botanical Illustrations (checklist, out-of-print) 19 May–31 October 1966 Botanical Art of the 18th and 19th Century: Prints, Drawings and Paintings 6 November 1966–25 March 1967 Botanical Linocuts by Henry Evans (checklist, out-of-print) 1 May–1 July 1967 An Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration: Lee Adams (Tropical Fruits and Flowers) 1 May–6 October 1967 Georg D. Ehret (A Selection of His Botanical Paintings) (checklist, out-of-print) 6 July–6 October 1967 Decorative Flower and Fruit Prints and Paintings of 1750–1850 Checklist: Decorative Flower PDF 12 November 1967–15 April 1968 Cynthia Newsome-Taylor: Paintings for Flower and Gardening Books (checklist, out-of-print) 20 April–11 October 1968 19th Century Botanical Prints and Paintings 20 October 1968–15 April 1969 2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration Publications: International 21 April–20 June 1969 Spring Exhibition: Peter Takal: Botanical Graphics Elfriede M. Abbe: Botanical Sculptures Norris P. Jones: Parchment Flower Arrangements (checklist, out-of-print) 20 June–15 October 1969 Paintings from 17th–19th Century Albums in the Hunt Institute Collection 1 November 1969–15 April 1970 Paintings, Drawings, Prints of Lilies from the Hunt Institute Collection 4–29 May 1970 Paintings by E. Margaret Stones for the Endemic Flora of Tasmania 19 April–10 October 1970 Lotte Günthart Paintings, Drawings and Prints (A retrospective exhibit) Publications: Out-of-Print 9 September–31 December 1970 Mrs. Gene Williamson: Ceramic Mushrooms and Other Fungi 18 October 1970–10 April 1971 An Exhibition of Paintings by Jack Kunz (forestry paintings) Publications: Out-of-Print 26 April–15 October 1971 Plants–Mostly Tropical: An Exhibition of Drawings and Paintings by Marion Ruff Sheehan (checklist, out-of-print) 25 October 1971–31 March 1972 Animal, Vegetable and Mineral: Paintings by Claus Caspari (checklist, out-of-print) 17 April–30 June 1972 Homegrown–Pittsburgh Artists on Plant Subjects (checklist, out-of-print) 17 April –August 1972 Thomas Patterson–Bookbinder (checklist, out-of-print) August–October 1972 Selections from the Hunt Institute Collection (paintings, drawings and prints) 12 November 1972–30 March 1973 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration Publications: Out-of-Print 16 April–18 May 1973 Students Botanically Involved (exhibition of 60 works by art students of Carnegie Mellon University, including graphic arts, jewelry, glassblowing and architectural models 3 June–14 September 1973 Jeanne Holgate: Paintings and Drawings (checklist, out-of-print) 3 June 1973 Opening of Linnaean Room housing the Strandell Collection of Linnaeana Publications: A Linnaean Keepsake 1 October 1973–28 February 1974 Paintings and Drawings by Frederick A. Walpole Checklist: Walpole PDF March– ? 1974 23 Designers (Carnegie Mellon University Design Department) 1 April 1974–13 September 1974 Artists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Publications: Out-of-Print 14 October 1974–14 February 1975 Homegrown II–Pittsburgh Area Artists on Plant Subjects (checklist, out-of-print) 3 March–21 March 1975 Senior Design Department show (Carnegie Mellon University Design Department) 7 April–26 September 1975 Paintings and Drawings by Mary Grierson (checklist, out-of-print) 3 November 1975–27 February 1976 Five West Coast Printmakers: Walter Cleveland, Henry Evans, Henry Mockel, Kenjilo Nanao, Marvin Spohn (checklist, out-of-print) 4 April–30 July 1976 American Cornucopia: 19th Century Still Lifes and Studies (checklist, out-of-print) August–October 1976 Prints and Drawings from the Collection 1 November 1976–25 March 1977 American Wildflowers: National Geographic Illustrations by Mary Eaton (brochure, out-of-print) 18 April–30 September 1977 Flowers of the World: Paintings by Leslie Greenwood (checklist, out-of-print) 6 November 1977–31 March 1978 4th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration Publications: International, Out-of-Print 24 April–15 September 1978 Homegrown III Spring 1979 Student Show? 14 May–14 September 1979 Northeast Folio: Exhibition of Works by Contemporary Botanical Printmakers Publications: Northeast Folio, Out-of-Print 20 November 1978–16 February 1979 Reflections from the Third Day: Photographic Revelations of Plant Design Publicatons: Reflections, Out-of-Print 12 November 1979–15 February 1980 The Tradition of Fine Bookbinding in the Twentieth Century Publications: Fine Bookbinding, Out-of-Print 31 March–18 July 1980 A Selection of Late 18th and Early 19th Century Indian Botanical Paintings (Commissioned by the Honourable East India Company and Executed in Watercolor by Native Artists) Publications: Out-of-Print 20 October 1980–13 March 1981 Kate Greenaway Publications: Kate Greenaway, Out-of-Print; Posters Checklist: Greenaway PDF 30 March–5 June 1981 Nosegays and Bouquets: Flower and Fruit Arrangements in Western Art (checklist, out-of-print) 29 June–18 September 1981 Drawings and Bronze Sculptures by Nancy Webb 26 October–6 March 1982 Selections from the Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations 5 April–16 July 1982 Talking in Flowers: Japanese Botanical Art Publictions: Talking in Flowers, Out-of-Print 23 August–24 September 1982 Cloud Flowers: Rhododendrons East and West (organized by the Botanical Garden of the University of British Columbia) 25 October 1982–26 February 1983 Cacti and Succulents Publications: Posters 11 April–15 July 1983 5th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration Publications: Out-of-Print; Posters 24 October 1983–24 February 1984 Flora Portrayed: Classics of Botanical Art from the Hunt Institute Collection Publications: Out-of-Print; Posters 16 April–15 June 1984 Still-Lifes and Nature Studies from the George J. McDonald Collection (checklist; Posters) 19 November 1984–28 February 1985 Linger Golden Light (50 recent paintings and drawings of floral subjects by Lotte Günthart) Publications: Out-of-Print; Posters 22 April–19 July 1985 For Love of Nature: Brazilian Flora and Fauna in Watercolor by Etienne, Rosália and Yvonne Demonte Publications: Out-of-Print; Posters (Also at Wave Hill, Bronx, NY, 17 February–4 May 1986 and National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 14 November 1986–4 January 1987) 21 April–31 July 1986 Printmaking in the Service of Botany Publications: Printmaking 20 April–13 June 1987 Flowers of the Amazon: Watercolors by Margaret Mee 12 November 1986–28 February 1987 Fields of Grass: The Varied Uses of Grasses (Organized by Smithsonian Institution and Hunt Institute to complement Symposium on Grass Semantics and Evolution at Smithsonian Institution) 6 November–18 December 1987 Mouton Rothschild Paintings for the Labels (40 works created by contemporary artists for labeling Mouton Rothschild wines) 8 April–31 July 1988 6th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration Publications: International 13 October–16 December 1988 Flowers from the Royal Gardens of Kew: Two Centuries of Curtis's Botanical Magazine Publications: Kew 6 November 1989–23 February 1990 Botanical Watercolors by Marilena Pistoia Checklist: Pistoia PDF 8 November 1990–1 March 1991 Orchids from the Hunt Institute Collection Checklist: Orchids PDF Orchids Press Release PDF 9 July–21 October 1991 Pretty Deadly: Poisonous Plants of Forest, Field and Garden (prepared and presented by The Carnegie Museum of Natural History and Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation in cooperation with Pittsburgh Poison Center and Phipps Conservatory) On display at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History Pretty Deadly Press Release PDF 13 April–31 July 1992 7th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration Publications: International 7th International Press Release PDF 15 November 1993–31 March 1994 Ensigns of the Rainbow Goddess Checklist: Ensigns PDF Ensigns Press Release PDF 17 November 1994–24 February 1995 Natural-History Paintings from Rajasthan Publications: Rajasthan Rajasthan Press Release PDF 13 April–14 July 1995 Botanical Watercolors by British Artists Andrew P. Brown and John Wilkinson Brown and Wilkinson Press Release PDF 17 August–22 October 1995 Gary Bukovnik: Watercolors and Monoprints Publications: Out-of-Print (collaborative exhibit with Concept Art Gallery) Bukovnik Press Release PDF 13 November 1995–29 February 1996 8th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration Publications: International 8th International Press Release PDF 1 April–31 May 1996 Japonica Magnifica: Paintings by Raymond Booth Booth Press Release PDF 16 September–6 December 1996 Contemporary Botanical Artists: The Shirley Sherwood Collection. Sherwood Press Release PDF 17 March–30 May 1997 Kate Nessler: Wildflowers of Baker Prairie Nessler Press Release PDF 9 October 1997–28 February 1998 Botanical art by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770) Ehret Press Release PDF 9 April–4 September 1998 Fruits, Vegetables and Flowers: Super-realistic Paintings by Masao Saito Saito Press Release PDF 12 October 1998–26 February 1999 9th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration Publications: International 9th International Press Release PDF 12 April–30 July 1999 Botanical Paintings by James Linton Sain Sain Press Release PDF 16 September 1999–29 February 2000 Portraits of Indian Trees: Arundhati Vartak Publications: Arundhati Vartak Also: Arundhati Vartak’s Sketches: Souls of Her Paintings–Chatham College Art Gallery 31 August –25 September 1999 Vartak Press Release PDF 24 April–28 July 2000 Watercolors from the Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society Chelsea Press Release PDF 26 October 2000–28 February 2001 Gifts of Winter Publicationa: Gifts of Winter Gifts of Winter Press Release PDF 24 April–31 July 2001 Enduring Perfection: Paintings by Damodar Lal Gurjar Publications: Damodar Lai Gurjar Gurjar Press Release PDF 28 October 2001–28 February 2002 10th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration Publications: International 10th International Press Release PDF 28 April–31 July 2002 Order from Chaos: Linnaeus Disposes Exhibitions: Order from Chaos Linnaeus Press Release PDF 19 September 2002–28 February 2003 Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden: A Blossom on the Bough Publications: Anne Dowden Dowden Press Release PDF 27 April–31 July 2003 American Botanical Prints of Two Centuries Publications: American Botanical Prints American Botanical Prints Press Release PDF 25 September 2003–29 February 2004 Healing Plants of Ida Hrubesky Pemberton Publications: Pemberton Pemberton Press Release PDF 29 April–30 July 2004 Botanical Watercolors from the Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Publications: Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Press Release PDF 24 October 2004–28 February 2005 11th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration Publications: International 11th International Press Release PDF 12 May 2005–31 July 2005 The Flowering Amazon: Margaret Mee Paintings from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Publications: Margaret Mee Mee Press Release PDF 11 September– 22 December 2005 at the Hunt Institute 1 March–31 May 2006 at the National Agricultural Library Inspiration and Translation: Botanical and Horticultural Lithographs of Joseph Prestele and Sons Publications: Joseph Prestele Prestele Press Release PDF 23 March–30 June 2006 Yuuga: Contemporary Botanical Watercolors from Japan Publications: Yuuga, Out-of-Print Yuuga Press Release PDF 14 September–20 December 2006 What We Collect: Recent Art Acquisitions What We Collect Press Release PDF 22 March–29 June 2007 Virtues and Pleasures of Herbs through History: Physic, Flavor, Fragrance and Dye Herbs Press Release PDF 30 September–20 December 2007 12th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration Publications: International Click here to see images of the 12th International preview reception held on 27 September 2007. 12th International Press Release PDF 27 March–29 June 2008 Edward Donovan: Naturalist Artist, Author and Collector. Donovan Press Release PDF 18 September –19 December 2008 Pancrace Bessa and the Golden Age of French Botanical Illustration Bessa Press Release PDF 26 March–30 June 2009 Wings of Paradise: Watercolors of Silkmoths by John Cody Cody Press Release PDF 29 October 2009–30 June 2010 Botanicals: Environmental Expressions in Art, the Alisa and Isaac M. Sutton Collection Botanicals Press Release PDF 24 September–17 December 2010 13th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration 13th International Press Release PDF 25 March–30 June 2011 Flora’s Lexicon Flora's Lexicon Press Release PDF 16 September–15 December 2011 Botany and History Entwined: Rachel Hunt’s Legacy Botany and History Entwined Press Release PDF 2 March–29 June 2012 Native Pennsylvania, A Wildflower Walk Native Pennsylvania Press Release PDF Native Pennsylvania Poster PDF

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