Francesca Anderson
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Biography, Awards, Collections

Education

1968
B.F.A.
Manhattanville College
1984
M.A.
Studio Art, Hunter College
1987
M.F.A.
Drawing and Painting, Brooklyn College
1991
Certificate in Botanical Illustration
New York Botanical Garden

Awards

1995
Gold Medal
Royal Horticultural Society, London
1999
Gold Medal
Royal Horticultural Society, London
1999
Finalist
American Artist Magazine, National Floral Art Competition
2000
Jurors Award
Greater New York Orchid Show
2001
Silver Gilt Medal
Royal Horticultural Society, London
2004
Corning Award
Garden Club of America
2008
Forsythia Award
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
2009
Artist of the Year
American Society of Botanical Artists
2019
James White Service Award
American Society of Botanical Artists
2023
Honorary Curator of Art
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
2024
Anderson archives requested and accepted
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation

Artist in Residence / Lectures

2015
Artist in Residence, Bruce Museum
Greenwich, Connecticut
2016
Lecturer, Cloisters Museum, Metropolitan Museum
New York, New York
2008
Lecturer, Cosmopolitan Club
New York, New York
2016
Lecturer, Garden Club of America
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, New York
2024
"Beyond Accuracy, Creating Art"
American Society of Botanical Art Symposium. March 23, 2024

Juries

2008
NA
Annual International Juried Botanical Art Exhibition
2009
NA
American Society of Botanical Artists
2010
NA
New York Horticultural Society
2011
"Green Currency"
The New York Botanical Garden
2012
"Small Works"
American Society of Botanical Artists, Chicago Botanical Garden
2012
"Focus on Nature Xll"
New York State Museum
2021
"Wildly Exquisite"
Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach
2006
Suite of 13 drawings for The Orchid Room at "21 Club."
New York, New York

Commissions

The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Shirley Sherwood Collection
London, England
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Brooklyn, New York
The New York Botanical Garden
New York, New York
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Washington, District of Columbia
Denver Museum of Art
Denver, Colorado
National Gallery of Modern Art
Edinburgh, Scotland
Royal Horticultural Society, Lindley Library
London, England
St Ann's College
Oxford, England
Richard and Barbara Fisher Collection
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Bruce Museum
Greenwich, Connecticut
Campanelle Vineyards
Gaiole, Tuscany Italy
Florilege de Brecy
Normandy, France

Selected Collections

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