Nature Studies

These works turn to plants, birds, and open sky for their subjects, rendered with close observation of natural form. Delicate flowers and a crescent moon over a field sit alongside more elemental, abstract studies of pattern and texture, linking old and new ways of looking at the same quiet subjects.

Elements 2 by Alan Clarke
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Abstract oil painting depicting a dramatic sky with blue and white brushstrokes above a green and brown landscape.
Nino Yuniardi
Snack 18
2025 · acrylic

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Black and white photograph of ferns surrounded by moss and forest vegetation, shot from above in overhead composition.
Ansel Adams
Ferns, Glacier National Park, Montana, National Parks and Monuments, 1941
1941

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Black and white photograph of large maple leaves surrounded by delicate fern fronds in a dense forest composition.
Ansel Adams
In Glacier National Park
1942

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Black and white photograph of saguaro cactus arms showing detailed vertical ribbed texture against light sky.
Ansel Adams
Saguaros, Saguaro National Monument, Arizona (detail)
1942 · negative

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Three hyacinth plants with bulbous roots displaying blue, green, and white flower spikes against a beige background.
Johannes Simon Holtzbecher
Hyacinthoides orientalis simp et pl
1649

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A crescent moon hangs above a densely packed field of grain or wheat rendered in blues, yellows, greens, and earth tones.
Arthur Illies
Crescent moon over a field of ears
1896 · Color etching on zinc

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A vertical Japanese painting depicting birds among flowering vines and plants on a pale yellow background, rendered in muted greens, blues, and browns.
Suzuki Kiitsu
Birds and flowers
1855 · hanging scroll, colour on silk
Four botanical illustrations of roses in various stages of bloom, displaying pink, red, and white flowers with green leaves arranged on a beige background.
Johannes Simon Holtzbecher
Rosa Gallica
1649

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Botanical illustration of fennel plant with delicate green foliage, small white and yellow flowers, rendered in muted greens and golds on cream background.
Johannes Simon Holtzbecher
Senocio bicolor
1649

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Botanical illustration of staghorn sumac with compound green leaves and a dense red-burgundy flowering spike against a pale background.
Johannes Simon Holtzbecher
Rhus typhina
1649 · gouache

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Botanical illustration depicting four varieties of narcissus flowers with white and yellow blooms, green stems, and brown bulbs against a beige background.
Johannes Simon Holtzbecher
Narcissus tazetta; Narcissus orientalis; Corbularia bulbocodium
1649

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Botanical illustration depicting Dictamnus albus with purple flowers, green leaves, and visible root system against a cream background.
Johannes Simon Holtzbecher
Dictamnus albus
1649

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Punica granatum simp et pl
Johannes Simon Holtzbecher
Punica granatum simp et pl
1649

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Botanical illustration depicting three flowering plants with pink, white, and purple blooms and green leaves against a beige background.
Johannes Simon Holtzbecher
Syringa x persica; Philadelphus coronarius; Syringa vulgaris
1649

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Botanical illustration of a red tulip with green leaves and a brown bulb against a beige background.
Johannes Simon Holtzbecher
Tulipa gesneriana
1649

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Botanical illustration of branching Asphodelus ramosus plant with pale pink flowers and green leaves on beige background.
Johannes Simon Holtzbecher
Asphodelus ramosus
1649

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Asparagus officinalis
Johannes Simon Holtzbecher
Asparagus officinalis
1649

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Botanical illustration of Acanthus mollis plant with deeply lobed green leaves and tall flowering spike with white and purple flowers on cream background.
Johannes Simon Holtzbecher
Acanthus mollis
1649

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Ficus carica
Johannes Simon Holtzbecher
Ficus carica
1649

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Three botanical illustrations of fritillaria flowers with purple, yellow, and dark brown petals, green stems, and bulbous roots on a beige background.
Johannes Simon Holtzbecher
Fritillaria meleagris; Fritullaria lutea eller Fritullaria latifolia var lutea; Fritillaria pyrenaica
1649

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Three iris flowers with blue petals and yellow centers displayed with their green stems and brown bulbs against a beige background.
Johannes Simon Holtzbecher
Iris xiphioides
1649

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Botanical illustration of Fritillaria imperialis showing orange-red drooping flower with green leaves and cream-colored seed pod against beige background.
Johannes Simon Holtzbecher
Fritillaria imperialis
1649

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Tulipa gesneriana
Johannes Simon Holtzbecher
Tulipa gesneriana
1649

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Botanical illustration showing a bulb with roots and two flowering stems with green leaves and white-cream clustered flowers against beige background.
Johannes Simon Holtzbecher
Lilium candidum monstrosum
1649

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