By Margaret Dykens, Jean Stern, and others
The definitive book on Albert R. Valentien, the original Chief Decorator for the Rookwood Pottery Co. in Cincinnati, Ohio, Valentien came to San Diego in 1903 and was commissioned to paint the flora of California by Ellen Browning Scripps. This book illustrates the best of his elegant watercolors of California's plants.
212 pages, 325 color plates
Hardbound edition
The definitive book on Albert R. Valentien, the original Chief Decorator for the Rookwood Pottery Co. in Cincinnati, Ohio, Valentien came to San Diego in 1903 and was commissioned to paint the flora of California by Ellen Browning Scripps. This book illustrates the best of his elegant watercolors of California's plants.
212 pages, 325 color plates
Hardbound edition