Early Bio-Artists

Alexander Fleming, 1933

Well before Fleming discovered penicillin, he painted with living microbes.  To read more:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Painting-With-Penicillin-Alexander-Flemings-Germ-Art.html

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Edward Steichen, 1936

Steichen was a photographer, painter, curator, and plant breeder.  In 1936, MOMA exhibited his delphiniums for one week.  To read more:  http://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2011/03/08/edward-steichen-archive-delphiniums-blue-and-white-and-pink-too/

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