- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE0329
Rowan, Marian Ellis
(1848 – 1922)- Born 30 July 1848, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Died 4 October 1922
- Occupation Botanical artist, Botanical collector
Summary
Ellis Rowan was a botanical artist who had no formal art training. She received encouragement from her family and husband, Frederick Charles Rowan, whom she married in 1873, to develop her own style in painting wildflowers.
Her work was exhibited in both Australia and overseas for which she won a variety of art prizes.
Archival resources
- National Library of Australia, Manuscript Collection
- Royal Historical Society of Victoria Inc
- State Library of Victoria
Published resources
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Resource Section
- Rowan, Marian Ellis (1848-1922), Hazzard, Margaret, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110473b.htm
- Rowan, Marian Ellis (1848 - 1922), Biographical Entry, 2002, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P002817b.htm
- Ellis Rowan (1848-1922), Harvey, Rod, http://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/rowan.biography.html
- Journal Article
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Book
- Catalogue of Water Colour Drawings of Wild Flowers etc., Rowan, Marian Ellis (Ryan), 1847-1922
- Flower Paintings of Ellis Rowan: from the collection of the National Library of Australia, Rowan, Ellis, 1848-1922, 1987
- Bill Baillie, Rowan, Ellis, 1848-1922, 1908
- Ellis Rowan 1848-1922: A Biographical Sketch, Collins, Kate, 1988
- Ellis Rowan, A Flower-Hunter in Queensland, McKay, Judith
- A Flower-Hunter in Queensland & New Zealand, Rowan, Ellis, 1898
- Press Opinions of Mrs F C Rowan's Water-color Flower Drawings, [1905]
- A Guide to the Trees, Lounsberry, Alice, c1900
- A Guide to the Wild Flowers, Lounsberry, Alice, 1899
- Southern Wild Flowers and Trees: Together with Shrubs, Vines and various forms of growth through the Mountains, the Middle District and the Low Country of the South, Lounsberry, Alice, 1901
- The Human Side of Trees: Wonders of the World, Dixon, Royal, c1917
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Resource
- Where are the Women in Australian science?, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2003, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html
- Trove: Rowan, Ellis (1848-1922), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-620637
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Edited Book
- 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology, Radi, Heather, 1988, https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20071105022623/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/78644/20071105-1315/www.200australianwomen.com/index.html