Free Beautiful Vintage Botanical Cactus Paintings
These gorgeous cactus paintings were all painted in the 19th Century. They were painted by various European botanical artists.
Botanical art is designed so that the paintings are scientifically and botanically accurate but also artistically pleasing to the eye. I’ve selected only a fraction of the many 100’s vintage cactus paintings produced by the botanists of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Hopefully, you will agree that I have picked some of the best and most aesthetically appealing vintage cacti artwork. Many of the cacti have been painted whilst in flower. This only adds to their aesthetic appeal.
Christmas cacti can be found in this collection of vintage Christmas flower prints.
Cacti are a very popular houseplant at the moment. Part of the appeal is their low maintenance. However, their maintenance is still not low enough for my black thumbs. I’ve decided that I’m better off with a gallery wall display of vintage cacti paintings rather than the real thing!
If you are looking for interesting ways to hang your gallery walls check out this article on house&garden.
To download the cactus paintings just click on the highlighted title and a pdf will download to your computer immediately.
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The Cactus Paintings
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Various Cacti – 1892
From the German encyclopedia Brockhaus’ Konversations-Lexikon.
The cacti in this collection are numbered and their corresponding scientific names listed below.
1-Nopalea coccinellifera
2-Cephalocereus senilis
3-Cereus giganteus
4-Mammillaria longimamma
5-Rhipsalis paradoxa
6-Echinocactus longihamatus
7-Echinopsis oxygona
8-Cereus grandiflorus
9-Echinocereus pectinatus
10-Leuchtenbergia principis
11-Phyllocactus ackermanni
12-Melocactus communis
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Flowering Prickly Pear Cactus 1902
This is a lovely illustration by the English botanical artist Mary Emily Eaton of a flowering prickly pear cactus. (Opuntia fuscoatra)
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Pink Flowering Cacti 1902
Another lovely illustration by the English botanical artist Mary Emily Eaton this time of ribbed (Echinocereus) cacti.
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Yellow Round Flowering Cacti – 1841
This yellow flowering round cactus (Echinocacti Sallowianus) was painted by the French botanist Charles Lemaire.
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Assorted cacti 1908
This is a great collection of assorted cacti. Including: 1. Leaf-cactus (Phyllocactus anguliger). 2. Stapelia (simulating a cactus). 3. A Cereus (Cereus dasycanthus). 4. Globe-cactus(Echinocactus horizonthalonius). 5. Wart-cactus (Mammilaria pectinata). 6. Hair> Opuntia (Opuntia filipendtila)—a. theblossom, enlarged. 7. Melon-cactus (Melocactus communis). 8. Giant Cactus (Cereus giganteus)—a, blossom, enlarged; bfruit, enlarged. 9. Mexican Opuntia (Opuntia coccinellifera)—a, the fruit (prickly pear), enlarged. CACTUS.
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Flowering Peanut Cactus -1912
This lovely flowering Peanut Cactus was from the Curtis Botanical Magazine 1912
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Pink Flowering Cacti -1849
This pink flowering cacti was featured in Dictionnaire Universel D’histoire Naturelle.
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Cactus watercolour 1828
This is a lovely watercolor by the German botanist David Nathaniel Friedrich Dietrich. (Euphorbia officinarum)
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Ornamental White Flowering Cactus 1820’s
This gorgeous ornamental white flowering cactus is from Edwards Botanical Registar. (Echinopsis eyriesii)
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Flowering Cactus – Curtis Botanical 1852
Another lovely vintage cactus print from the magazine Curtis Botanical 1852. (Echinopsis obrepanda)
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Pink Flowering Cacti 1813
This cactus painting is by Belgium Botanist Pierre Joseph Redouté. Redoute is more famous for his paintings of lilies and roses but obviously found time to paint the odd cacti too. (cactus speciosus)
You might want to check out these other free printable botanical images on Pictureboxblue.com
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I absolutely love these beautiful vintage prints! I live in Arizona and we have several cacti in our front yard. It’s always breathtaking when they are in bloom!
I’d love to see the cacti in Arizona one day especially the giant ones.
These are beautiful, Claire! Thanks for sharing at Vintage Charm! Pinned!
Thank you so much, Cecilia.
Ooo, these are stunning, thanks so much. Pinning.
Thank you, Julie. You can’t beat a vintage cacti painting.
Wow, these are beautiful! I am a big fan of cacti shaped like balls…I don’t know why it’s just a thing. Pinning to a couple boards, thanks for sharing at Grandma’s House!
Thank you so much for sharing. There is something lovely about cacti especially when they flower.
I live in Colorado and we have a few of these cactus. Every once and a while we get lucky enough to see one of the flowers. Thanks for sharing on To Grandma’s House We Go!
Wow! I’d love to see those flowering cactus in the wild. No wild cactus here in the UK too cold and too wet!
Love anything vintage! Since I live in the southwest, surrounded by cactus, these are great. Visiting from Nifty Thrifty party.
Thank you. No cacti here in the UK except those tiny potted ones you have in the house.