Shirley Sherwood

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Shirley Sherwood
Born
Shirley Angela Cross

(1933-07-01)1 July 1933[1]
St. Albans, England[1]
EducationUniversity of Oxford
OccupationAuthor
Known forInterest in botanical illustration
Notable work
See Bibliography
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1977; died 2020)​
Children2 sons
The Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanic Art

Shirley Angela Sherwood OBE (nee Cross, born 1 July 1933) is a British writer, botanist and philanthropist.

Early life[]

She was born Shirley Cross.[2] Sherwood was educated at St Anne's College, Oxford.

Career[]

She is primarily a collector of,[3] and author of books about,[3][4] botanical illustrations. The Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, opened on 19 April 2008, at Kew Gardens is named after her.[3] It is the first gallery in the world dedicated solely to botanical art. Sherwood has been described as a "driving force behind a revival of interest in botanical art".[5]

She is a vice-president of the Nature in Art Trust.[6]

Honours[]

Sherwood was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to botanical art.[7]

Personal life[]

In 1977, Sherwood married the businessman James Sherwood,[2][8] who appeared in the 2004 Sunday Times Rich List.[9]

Her sons, Simon and Charles, from her previous marriage adopted his surname.[2]

Bibliography[]

  • The Art of Plant Evolution (2009), by Dr Shirley Sherwood and Dr W John Kress
  • Contemporary Botanical Artists: The Shirley Sherwood Collection (1996); 2nd edition 2003[10]
  • A New Flowering: 1000 Years of Botanical Art (2005), by Shirley Sherwood, Stephen Harris & Barrie Edward Juniper
  • Treasures of Botanical Art: Icons from the Shirley Sherwood and Kew Collections (2008), by Shirley Sherwood and Martyn Rix
  • A Passion For Plants: Contemporary Botanical Masterworks from the Shirley Sherwood Collection (2001)
  • Venice Simplon Orient-Express: The Return of the World's Most Celebrated Train (1983); 2nd edition 1985; 3rd edition 1990; 4th edition 1996

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Sherwood, Shirley 1933-". encyclopedia.com. 2005. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Adeney, Martin (11 June 2020). "James Sherwood obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 2 January 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  4. ^ See Bibliography
  5. ^ "Woman's Hour: Shirley Sherwood". BBC. 2002. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  6. ^ "Nature in Art - Trust". Nature in Art Trust. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
  7. ^ "No. 60009". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2011. p. 12.
  8. ^ "Dr Shirley Sherwood to Guest Curate Botanical ArtExhibition". Orient Express. 18 January 2005. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  9. ^ "Sunday Times - Rich List". The Times. London.
  10. ^ "Review of Contemporary Botanical Artists: The Shirley Sherwood Collection". Publishers Weekly. 17 March 2003.

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