Celia Rosser interviewed by Ann Turner [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2694616
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Rosser, Celia E., 1930-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2001-2002
- 4 digital audio tapes (ca. 155 min.)
- Summary:
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This is a summary of the second interview session. Rosser, a botanical artist, recalls how she taught herself botany by reading and observing, stresses the importance of close observation; when she began painting Australian wild flowers in Orbost in the 1960s, then going on to discover banksias; being seconded to illustrate George Scott's book The Mosses of Southern Australia, the first book published on Australian mosses. During her work on this book she discovered a previously unknown moss. Rosser comments on her drawing techniques and the need for accuracy as these drawings are used for plant identification; what influences other artists have had on her style; her recent discovery of a new banksia; her involvement in a Federation tapestry for the Victorian tapestry workshop which now hangs in Victorian Museum; her view that botanical illustrating should be treated as a science.
Rosser recalls her only formal training was doing an art course at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology at age 14 to 17; being a fashion designer for 4 years; moving around Victorian country towns with 4 children because of her husband's work as a school teacher; having worked as Artist for the Faculty of Science, Monash University from 1970, leaving in 1999; the 1973-1974 field trips with other botanical artists and botanists in Western Australia (30) and 16 in the eastern states (16); holding her first solo exhibition in North Melbourne & having been involved in exhibitions every couple of years thereon; being commissioned by the Gibson Trust to paint banksias for the Victorian Herbarium; to illustrate a book on 50 Victorian wildflowers; having published books on botanical art.
- Biography/History:
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Rosser was awarded an OAM and Linnean Society Medal for her contribution to botanical art. Rosser was the first Australian to receive the Linnean Award, achieving international recognition from the Linnean Society of Great Britain.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on Oct. 12, 2001 and Feb. 25, 2002 at Box Hill, Vic.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Nontimed summary and overview for interview session two available (6 p.) and corrected transcript (typescript, 48 leaves)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Botanical illustrators
- Other authors/contributors:
- Turner, Ann, 1929-2011, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Until 2071 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2001
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