| Intro | South African artist | ||
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Illustrator Botanical illustrator Painter |
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| From | South Africa | ||
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Arts Creativity Science |
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| Gender | female | ||
| Birth | 23 September 1922 | ||
| Death |
14 March 2014 (aged 91 years) |
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| Star sign | Libra | ||
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Rhona Brown (September 23, 1922 – March 14, 2014), was a South African botanical artist and housewife.
She was educated at University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg and UNISA graduating with a B.A.(Hons.) in Fine Arts and with a National Art Teachers Certificate. She worked at the Botanical Research Institute in Pretoria for two spells – 1944-46 and 1965–69 and taught sporadically for eight years. She completed some 100 plates for the Flowering Plants of Africa and black-and-white illustrations for Bothalia and Flora of Southern Africa. She provided about half of all illustrations for Palmer & Pitman’s Trees of Southern Africa and all the illustrations for Eve Palmer’s Field Guide to the Trees of Southern Africa.
She married Comdt. H.T. Collett on 2 March 1946.
Publications
- 1972 Trees of Southern Africa by Eve Palmer & Norah Pitman, illustrated By Rhona Collett (3 vols.) ISBN 0-86961-033-3
- 1977 A Field Guide to the Trees of Southern Africa by Eve Palmer, illustrated By Rhona Collett (William Collins & Sons Ltd.) ISBN 0-00-219339-6
- Calligraphy Teachers Manual – Rhona Collett et al.