Ovals
Dublin Core
Title
Ovals
Creator
Merrilees, Rebecca A. Boyer
Source
http://northernwoodlands.org/articles/article/merrilees
Format
7-3/4 “ x 11-3/4” unframed 17-1/2” x 21-1/2” framed
Identifier
1532
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Biography
Merrilees has been a successful illustrator of botanical subjects for magazines and textbooks, and is known for her watercolors. She is the daughter of artist Ralph Boyer. Merrilees was a pioneer in commercial art, and she was the first woman to illustrate the cover of Reader’s Digest, in 1961. Her contributions to the natural sciences, to education, and to the fine arts are many and lasting. Merrilees died in November, 2012, at the age of 90, a few months after a 75-year retrospective of her work – her first solo show. Rebecca Merrilees was educated at The American School of Design, Pratt Institute, and Skowhegan School of Painting. She was a member of the American Society of Botanical Artists. Her work can be seen at the The Waskowmium in Burlington, Vermont, and in Northfield, Vermont, at the Brown Public Library and Norwich University.
Category
WSPAC
Media
casein
Media Details
casein on paper
Citation
Merrilees, Rebecca A. Boyer, “Ovals,” Westport Public Schools Digital Collections, accessed August 18, 2022, https://collections.westportps.org/items/show/1618.
Item Relations
This Item | dcterms:relation | Item: Coleytown Elementary School |
This Item | dcterms:creator | Item: Rebecca A. Boyer Merrilees |