Esther Heins (November 10, 1908 – December 3, 2007) was an American artist, scientific illustrator, and author known for her botanical illustrations. Biography Esther Heins was born on November 10, 1908, in Brooklyn. She attended the Massachusetts School of Art. Heins worked as a commercial art, eventually focusing on botanical illustration. Heins died on December 3, 2007, aged 99. Her work is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Art career Heins created a series of water color paintings of plants in the Arnold Arboretum. Many of those illustrations were collected into the book Flowering Trees and Shrubs. References