Esther Heins
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Esther Heins (November 10, 1908 – December 3, 2007) was an American artist, scientific illustrator, and author. She is known for her botanical illustrations.
Heins was born on November 10, 1908, in Brooklyn.[1] She attended the Massachusetts School of Art. Heins worked as a commercial art, eventually focusing on botanical illustration.[2]
Heins created a series of water color paintings of plants in the Arnold Arboretum. Many of those illustrations were collected into the book Flowering Trees and Shrubs.[3]
Heins died on December 3, 2007, aged 99.[1] Her work is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.[4]
