Plant Portraits:

The California Legacy of A.R. Valentien

This exhibition is currently touring the U.S.
Touring Schedule

Winner of the 2004 Western Museums Association
Excellence in Exhibition Award

In December 2003 the San Diego Natural History Museum, in collaboration with the Irvine Museum, premiered its new exhibition, Plant Portraits: The California Legacy of A.R. Valentien.

This exhibition displays 80 stunning watercolor paintings of California plants painted in the early 1900s by Albert R. Valentien. Although the exhibition closed in San Diego in September 2004, it is now touring other venues.

Beautiful products based on images from the collection are available in our Museum Store.

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~ The Museum is grateful to Eleanor and Jerome Navarra for generously underwriting the conservation, documentation, and exhibition of the Valentien collection. ~

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~ Photography by Philipp Rittermann ~