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  2. Butterflies (Van Gogh series) - Wikipedia

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    Oil on canvas. Location. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Butterflies is a series of paintings made by Vincent van Gogh in 1889 and 1890. Van Gogh made at least four paintings of butterflies and one of a moth. The metamorphosis of the caterpillar into a butterfly was symbolic to Van Gogh of men and women's capability for transformation.

  3. Maria Sibylla Merian - Wikipedia

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    Maria Sibylla Merian (2 April 1647 – 13 January 1717 [ 1]) was a German entomologist, naturalist and scientific illustrator. She was one of the earliest European naturalists to document observations about insects directly. Merian was a descendant of the Frankfurt branch of the Swiss Merian family . Merian received her artistic training from ...

  4. Sunflowers (Van Gogh series) - Wikipedia

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    Sunflowers (original title, in French: Tournesols) is the title of two series of still life paintings by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. The first series, executed in Paris in 1887, depicts the flowers lying on the ground, while the second set, made a year later in Arles, shows a bouquet of sunflowers in a vase.

  5. Schizanthus - Wikipedia

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    Schizanthus / ˌ s k ɪ ˈ z æ n θ ə s /, [1] also called butterfly flower, fringeflower, poor-man's-orchid, is a genus of plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. They are annual or biennial herbaceous plants , with attractive flowers and they belong to the subfamily Schizanthoideae of the Solanaceae.

  6. List of Chinese symbols, designs, and art motifs - Wikipedia

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    Butterflies. Butterfly/ butterflies. A common motif used in Chinese embroidery and in Chinaware. [ 12] The butterfly is a symbol of joy and summer. [ 12] It also implies long life, beauty and elegance. [ 6] Pair of butterflies. Pair of butterflies embroidered on clothing strengthens the energy of love.

  7. Butterfly - Wikipedia

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    Butterfly resting on flower at Magic Wings Conservatory. Many Heliconius butterflies also use their proboscis to feed on pollen; [57] in these species only 20% of the amino acids used in reproduction come from larval feeding, which allow them to develop more quickly as caterpillars, and gives them a longer lifespan of several months as adults. [58]

  8. Catharina Backer - Wikipedia

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    Catharina Backer is known for painting many subjects, including flowers, fruit, landscapes, and genre pictures. [18] She became a follower of Willem van Mieris, Rachel Ruysch, and Jan van Huysum (1682–1749), [18] copying examples of their paintings that hung in her house. Late in her career, she created images of flowers in the media of oil ...

  9. Nam Gye-u - Wikipedia

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    Ilso. Nam Gye-u (1811–1888) was a Korean painter and a government officer in the late Joseon period. Nam Gyewu was born to a high class and son of Nam Jinhwa who served as Busa. He lived in Namchon, Seoul and had an official career as Dojeong. Nam was especially good at depicting butterflies, so called as Nam Nabi (Butterfly Nam), his nickname.

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