Harriet Thayer Durgin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Harriet Thayer Durgin

American artist

Date of Birth: 17-Aug-1843

Place of Birth: Wilmington, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 12-Feb-1912

Profession: botanical illustrator, scientific illustrator

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Harriet Thayer Durgin (1843–1912) was a pioneering 19th-century American artist from the U.S.
state of Massachusetts, who specialized in water colors and sketches of landscapes and still-lifes focused on botanical motifs.
After studying in Paris, where she received special notice in the Salon of 1886, she shared a studio in Copley Square, Boston, with her sister, the muralist, Lyle Durgin.
Durgin is remembered as one of the foremost American artists of the floral-painting genre during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.