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Margareta Pertl studierte an der Akademie für Bildende Künste in Wien und erhielt dreimal den Fügerpreis für ihre Zeichnungen. Die Royal Horticultural Society, London, zeichnete sie mehrmals für ihre Orchideenaquarelle aus. Seit 1998 illustriert Margareta Pertl Orchideen der Sammlungen der National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin, und des Botanischen Gartens der Universität Wien. Ihre Aquarelle von Orchideen sind in privaten und in staatlichen Sammlungen repräsentiert, unter anderem dem Hunt Institute, Pittsburgh. Zweimal hat sie an einer Expedition nach Madagaskar teilgenommen und ist Research Fellow of the University Core Facility Botanical Garden, Faculty of Life Sciences. Seit 10 Jahren gibt sie Kurse in botanischer Illustration und ist Gründerin der Gesellschaft „Wiener Schule der botanischen Illustration“. Margareta Pertl lebt und arbeitet in Wien und Dublin.
About
A graduate from the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Margareta Pertl was three times awarded the prestigious Füger Prize for fine art drawings. Since 1998 Margareta Pertl illustrates orchids from the collections of the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, and the Botanic Gardens of the University of Vienna. Her watercolours of orchids have won several medals from The Royal Horticultural Society of London. Her watercolours are represented in both private and national collections, including the Hunt Institute, Pittsburgh. She has twice taken part in an expedition to Madagascar, and is a Fellow of the Core Facility Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna. For the last 10 years she has given courses in botanical illustration, and is founder of the “Society Vienna School of Botanical Illustration”. Margareta Pertl lives in Vienna and Dublin.
Projekte | Current Projects
- Illustration of endangered plants in Austria—such as Dracocephalum austriacum—in cooperation with the Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna.
- Illustration of Bulbophyllum, section Lepidorhiza from the collection of the Botanic Gardens of the University of Vienna, Austria
- Vanilla plants from Madagascar, in cooperation with the Botanic Gardens of the University of Vienna, Austria
- Research, collection and illustration of orchids as described in Selectarum stirpium americanum historia by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquins (Direktor 1768–1796)
Ausbildung | Education
- Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria, 1969 – 1978
- Fine Art Printing, Sculpture and Education, Magister art. 1978
- Botanical Art Courses with both Wendy Walsh and Susan Sex, The Botanical Gardens, Glasnevin
- Annie Farrer, Kew Gardens, London
Awards | Honors
- Fügerpreis 1972, 1975, 1976 Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
- Silver Medal, 2005, Royal Horticultural Society, London, England
- Silver Gilt Medal, 2007, BBC Gardener’s World Live, Royal Horticultural Society, National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England
- Bronze Medal, 2009, Gardening Scotland, The Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society Botanical Painting and Illustration Exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Silver Medal, 2018 Bloom Exhibition Phoenix Park, Dublin
Einzelausstellungen | Individual Exhibitions
- Nature and Art; Glasnevin Orchids (2001-2002)
- The National Botanic Gardens Glasnevin, Dublin-Ireland
- The Austrian Embassy Commercial Office, Dublin
- The Palmenhaus Schӧnbrunn, Vienna
- Statni Zamek Lednice (Lednice Castle), Czech Republic
- Orchideen und Wein; Weingut H. und Hofer, Auersthal
Gruppenausstellungen | Group Exhibitions
- Botanical Illustrations, Orchids of Glasnevin, Kϋnstlerdorf Neuhaus am Klausenbach, Austria. 2013
- Naturjuwele im Aquarell, Zoological-Botanical Society Austria, Library of the Botanical Institute, University of Vienna. 2013
- Aibítir, The Irish Alphabet in Botanical Art, The National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin.2014
- Plandai Oidhreachta, Irish Heritage Plants, The National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin. 2015
- Wiener Schule der botanischen Illustration, Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna. 2015
- Expedition ins Pflanzenreich, Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna. 2016
- ‘A tower of Strength’ as part of the exhibition ‘Three Threads of the orchid Tapestry created by Frederick William Moore’ in The National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin. 2018
- Floras neue Meister – Botanical Art Worldwide, Thϋngersheim am Main, Germany. 2018
- Bloom, Exhibition Phoenix Park, Dublin. 2018
- Sculpture in context, The National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin. 2013, 2015, 2018
Mitgliedschaft | Membership
- ASBA, American Society of Botanical Artist
- ISBA, Irish Society of Botanical Art
- ATAI, Art Teacher Association of Dublin
- Austrian Zoological-Botanical Society
- Irish Orchid Society
- Wiener Schule der botanischen Illustration, Vienna School of botanical Illustration