Purdy, Maud H., 1873-1965

Maud H. Purdy (1873 - 1965). Staff artist of Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1927 - 1945.

Maud Purdy was born in Philadelphia and attended the Philadelphia Institute of Art, Adelphi College, and Pratt Institute. She further studied with landscape architect Amy Cogswell and sea landscape and still life artist George William Whittaker. In her lifetime, Purdy's work was exhibited at the Philadlphia Academy of Fine Arts, the Brooklyn Museum, the 1933 "Century of Progress" World's Fair in Chicago, and in New York City. Her illustrations appear in "Families of Dicotyledons," "Illustrated Guide to Trees and Shrubs," "All About African Violets," and "Fundamentals of Botany" and in many of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's publications.