Alysse Budd, of Toledo, studies specimens on exhibit as part of ‘Rachel Ruysch: Nature Into Art’ at the Toledo Museum of Art.

Nature into Art,” the first ever major exhibition of Ruysch’s art, will be on view April 12-July 27 at the Toledo Museum of Art. Featuring more than 100 works—including paintings, botanical books and ...

Yet fewer of us have probably heard of Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750 ... Art historians consider Ruysch to be among the most talented still life artists of the era, and by the time she died at ...

What's hiding in the undergrowth of Rachel ... uncanny life. Cathy FitzGerald hears how this great Dutch artist was influenced by her unusual childhood as the daughter of Frederik Ruysch, maker ...