Past Exhibitions
When the Hunt Botanical Library (now the Hunt Institute) first opened in October 1961, samples of works in Rachel Hunt's collection were informally hung in the conference room (now the gallery) through 16 March 1963. Exhibition of Redoutéana, which included paintings, letters, documents and books illustrated by Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759–1840), was the first exhibit formally opened to the public on 21 April 1963. From that point a regular exhibition program was implemented with displays of artwork from our collection or on loan from others.
Looking Back: An International Retrospective, Part 2
14 March – 28 June 2024
Looking Back: An International Retrospective, Part 1
14 September – 14 December 2023
What We Collect: Three Major Gifts
6 April – 30 June 2023
16th International travel exhibition
12 September – 16 December 2022
16th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration
17 September – 18 December 2019
Alphabetum Botanicum
13 September – 14 December 2018
Dr. Charles Dorat and His Unrealized Central American Medicinal Flora
2 April – 29 June 2018
Worlds Within
22 September – 15 December 2017
Exquisite Patterns in Nature
19 March – 30 June 2017
15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration
15 September – 15 December 2016
Great Expectations
17 March – 30 June 2016
The Mysterious Nature of Fungi
17 September – 17 December 2015
Elements
19 March – 30 June 2015
Dangerous Beauty: Thorns, Spines and Prickles
18 September – 18 December 2014
Duets
20 March – 30 June 2014
14th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration
27 September – 19 December 2013
What We Collect: Recent Art Acquisitions, 2007–2012
22 March – 30 June 2013
Portraits of a Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium
21 September – 16 December 2012
Native Pennsylvania, A Wildflower Walk
2 March – 29 June 2012
Botany and History Entwined: Rachel Hunt’s Legacy
16 September – 15 December 2011
Flora’s Lexicon
25 March – 30 June 2011
13th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration
24 September – 17 December 2010
Botanicals: Environmental Expressions in Art, the Alisa and Isaac M. Sutton Collection
29 October 2009 – 30 June 2010
Wings of Paradise: Watercolors of Silkmoths by John Cody
26 March – 30 June 2009
Pancrace Bessa and the Golden Age of French Botanical Illustration
18 September – 19 December 2008
Edward Donovan: Naturalist Artist, Author and Collector
27 March – 29 June 2008
12th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration
30 September – 20 December 2007
Virtues and Pleasures of Herbs through History: Physic, Flavor, Fragrance and Dye
22 March – 29 June 2007
What We Collect: Recent Art Acquisitions
14 September – 20 December 2006
Yuuga: Contemporary Botanical Watercolors from Japan
23 March – 30 June 2006
Inspiration and Translation: Botanical and Horticultural Lithographs of Joseph Prestele and Sons
11 September – 22 December 2005
The Flowering Amazon: Margaret Mee Paintings from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
12 May – 31 July 2005
11th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration
24 October 2004 – 28 February 2005
Botanical Watercolors from the Nationaal Herbarium Nederland
29 April – 30 July 2004
Healing Plants of Ida Hrubesky Pemberton
25 September 2003 – 29 February 2004
American Botanical Prints of Two Centuries
27 April – 31 July 2003
Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden: A Blossom on the Bough
19 September 2002 – 28 February 2003
Order from Chaos: Linnaeus Disposes
28 April – 31 July 2002
10th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration
28 October 2001 – 28 February 2002
Enduring Perfection: Paintings by Damodar Lal Gurjar
24 April – 31 July 2001
Gifts of Winter
26 October 2000 – 28 February 2001
Watercolors from the Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society
24 April – 28 July 2000
Portraits of Indian Trees: Arundhati Vartak
16 September 1999 – 29 February 2000
Botanical Paintings by James Linton Sain
12 April – 30 July 1999
9th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration
12 October 1998 – 26 February 1999
Fruits, Vegetables and Flowers: Super-realistic Paintings by Masao Saito
13 April – 4 September 1998
Botanical Art by Georg Dionys Ehret (1708–1770)
9 October 1997 – 28 February 1998
Wildflowers of Baker Prairie: Botanical Paintings by Kate Nessler
27 March – 30 May 1997
Contemporary Botanical Artists: The Shirley Sherwood Collection
16 September – 6 December 1996
Japonica Magnifica: Paintings by Raymond Booth
1 April – 31 May 1996
8th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration
13 November 1995 – 29 February 1996
Gary Bukovnik: Watercolors and Monoprints
17 August – 22 October 1995
Botanical Watercolors by British Artists Andrew P. Brown and John Wilkinson
13 April – 14 July 1995
Natural-History Paintings from Rajasthan
17 November 1994 – 24 February 1995
Ensigns of the Rainbow Goddess
15 November 1993 – 31 March 1994
7th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration
13 April – 31 July 1992
Pretty Deadly: Poisonous Plants of Forest, Field and Garden
9 July – 21 October 1991
Orchids from the Hunt Institute Collection
8 November 1990 – 1 March 1991
Botanical Watercolors by Marilena Pistoia
6 November 1989 – 23 February 1990
Flowers from the Royal Gardens of Kew: Two Centuries of Curtis's Botanical Magazine
13 October – 16 December 1988
6th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration
8 April – 31 July 1988
Mouton Rothschild Paintings for the Labels
6 November – 18 December 1987
Flowers of the Amazon: Watercolors by Margaret Mee
20 April – 13 June 1987
Fields of Grass: The Varied Uses of Grasses
12 November 1986 – 28 February 1987
Printmaking in the Service of Botany
21 April – 31 July 1986
For Love of Nature: Brazilian Flora and Fauna in Watercolor by Etienne, Rosália and Yvonne Demonte
22 April – 19 July 1985
Linger Golden Light
19 November 1984 – 28 February 1985
Still-Lifes and Nature Studies from the George J. McDonald Collection
16 April – 15 June 1984
Flora Portrayed: Classics of Botanical Art from the Hunt Institute Collection
24 October 1983 – 24 February 1984
5th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration
11 April – 15 July 1983
Cacti and Succulents
25 October 1982 – 26 February 1983
Cloud Flowers: Rhododendrons East and West
23 August – 24 September 1982
Talking in Flowers: Japanese Botanical Art
5 April – 16 July 1982
Selections from the Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations
26 October 1981 – 6 March 1982
Drawings and Bronze Sculptures by Nancy Webb
29 June – 18 September 1981
Nosegays and Bouquets: Flower and Fruit Arrangements in Western Art and Drawings of Bristlecone Pines by Della Taylor Hoss
30 March – 5 June 1981
Orchid watercolors by Sarah K. Berndt
1 December – 23 December 1980
Palm drawings by Alice Ruth Tangerini
6 November 1980 – 27 February 1981
Kate Greenaway
20 October 1980 – 13 March 1981
Shakespeare’s Flowers by Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden
26 June – 14 September 1980
A Selection of Late 18th & Early 19th Century Indian Botanical Paintings
31 March – 18 July 1980
The Tradition of Fine Bookbinding in the Twentieth Century
12 November 1979 – 15 February 1980
God Created; Linnaeus Arranged
26 September – 19 October 1979
A Northeast Folio: Exhibition of Works by Contemporary Botanical Printmakers
14 May – 14 September 1979
Plants Only: CMU Student Art
5 March – 6 April 1979
Reflections from the Third Day: Photographic Revelations of Plant Design
20 November 1978 – 16 February 1979
Homegrown III : Pittsburgh Area Artists on Plant Subjects
24 April – 15 September 1978
4th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration
7 November 1977 – 31 March 1978
Flowers of the World: Paintings by Leslie Greenwood
18 April – 30 September 1977
American Wildflowers: National Geographic Illustrations by Mary E. Eaton and Incipit: Botanical Title-Pages
1 November 1976 – 25 March 1977
Botanical Prints and Drawings
23 August – 22 October 1976
American Cornucopia: 19th Century Still Lifes and Studies
4 April – 30 July 1976
Five West Coast Printmakers
3 November 1975 – 27 February 1976
Paintings and Drawings by Mary Grierson
7 April – 26 September 1975
Senior Design Department show (Carnegie Mellon University Design Department)
3 March – 21 March 1975
Homegrown II: Pittsburgh Area Artists on Plant Subjects
14 October 1974 – 14 February 1975
Artists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
1 April – 13 September 1974
Ruination, Restoration, Preservation
1 April – 20 September 1974
23 Designers (Carnegie Mellon University Design Department)
12 March – 21 March 1974
Plant Illustrations from the Smithsonian Institution
1 October 1973 – 28 February 1974
Jeanne Holgate: Paintings and Drawings
4 June – 14 September 1973
Art Students Botanically Involved
14 April – 18 May 1973
3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration
13 November 1972 – 30 March 1973
Selections from the Hunt Institute Collection
5 July – 30 September 1972
Thomas W. Patterson, Bookbinder
17 April – 17 August 1972
Homegrown: Pittsburgh Artists on Plant Subjects
17 April – 30 June 1972
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Paintings by Claus Caspari
25 October 1971 – 31 March 1972
Plants–Mostly Tropical: An Exhibition of Drawings and Paintings by Marion Ruff Sheehan
26 April – 15 October 1971
An Exhibition of Paintings by Jack J. Kunz
19 October 1970 – 10 April 1971
Ceramic Mushrooms and Other Fungi by Martha Gene Pierson Williamson
9 September 1970 – 24 March 1971
Paintings by E. Margaret Stones for the Endemic Flora of Tasmania
4 May – 29 May 1970
Lotte Günthart Paintings, Drawings and Prints
19 April – 10 October 1970
Ladybug paintings by Susan Carlton Smith
12 April – 17 April 1970
Paintings, Drawings, Prints of Lilies from the Hunt Institute Collection
1 November 1969 – 15 April 1970
Paintings from 17th–19th Century Albums in the Hunt Institute Collection
20 June – 15 October 1969
Spring Exhibition: Peter Takal Botanical Graphics , Elfriede M. Abbe Botanical Sculptures and Norris P. Jones Floral Parchment Arrangements
21 April – 20 June 1969
2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration
20 October 1968 – 15 April 1969
19th Century Botanical Prints and Paintings
20 April – 11 October 1968
Paintings for Flower and Gardening Books: Cynthia Newsome-Taylor
12 November 1967 – 15 April 1968
Decorative Flower and Fruit Prints and Paintings of 1750–1850
6 July – 6 October 1967
An Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration by Lee Adams and Georg D. Ehret
1 May – 1 July 1967
Botanical Linocuts by Henry Evans
6 November 1966 – 25 March 1967
Fall Flower Show: The Wonderful World of Gardens
28 September – 29 September 1966
Botanical Art of the 18th and 19th Century: Prints, Drawings and Paintings
19 May – 31 October 1966
Botanical Illustrations by Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden
17 October 1965 – 15 May 1966
Andrey Avinoff Botanical Paintings
2 May – 15 October 1965
The 17th Century Florilegia: Prints and Books
2 November 1964 – 31 March 1965
Contemporary Botanical Art & Illustration [1st International]
6 April – 1 September 1964
Prints and Illustrations from Herbals of the 15th–17th century
13 November 1963 – 30 March 1964
Adanson Exhibition
18 August – 8 November 1963
Exhibition of Redoutéana
21 April – 1 August 1963
Contemporary Botanical Art & Illustration exhibition, which became known as the 1st International, hanging in the conference room, Hunt Botanical Library, between 6 April and 1 September 1964, photograph by unknown photographer.
