It won’t be long until its daffodil season. In many European countries, the flowers symbolize the beginning of spring. Here is a carefully curated collection of beautiful vintage daffodil flower drawings and botanical paintings. All free to download and print. There are several daffodil patches in my local park. The[Read more]
Poppies as a symbol With remembrance day next month, I thought I would add to my collection of vintage flower illustrations with these free pictures of poppies to download. The poppy sellers are out in full force at the moment raising money for veterans. Poppies become a symbol of remembrance[Read more]
This is a collection of beautiful copyright-free vintage flower illustrations and drawings. Naturalists have been painting beautiful Botanical floral illustration since the time of the Greeks. Being a Botanical illustrator was a respected profession in the 17th and 18th Centuries. Many of these wonderful flower illustrations are still have relevance[Read more]
The Art Nouveau Flowers of Maurice Pillard Verneuil Maurice Pillard Verneuil was a French designer and artist. He was famed for his use of bold, floral designs in ceramic tiles, wallpapers and other furnishing textiles. His flower designs and prints were very much part of the Art Nouveau movement in art. Art Nouveau Flowers Art[Read more]
I love vintage natural history posters that show collections of things like feathers, seashells and insects. In the past, I have shared the fabulous natural history posters of Adolphe Millot and his animal poster collections. Here I have compiled a collection of Adolphe’s antique botanical posters. Adolphe Millot was a[Read more]
Flicking through the many interior accounts I follow on Instagram, I’m always fascinated by everyone’s gallery walls. Many of gallery walls are made up of several pictures and paintings framed in different sizes. I also notice a trend for still flower images. Painted flowers on a dark background seem to[Read more]
Beautiful Vintage Sunflower Illustrations It’s not surprising that sunflowers symbolize happiness. I just look at a sunflower and it makes me smile. Here I’ve curated a collection of copyright-free vintage sunflower drawings. Sunflowers are grown all over the world but they are a native to America. I think every child[Read more]
It is believed that tulips got their name from the Persian word for a turban, which the flower is supposed to resemble. When I think of tulips I automatically think of Amsterdam. The two things are strongly linked in my mind not just because of the song but also because[Read more]