American botanical illustrator.
Alice Ruth Tangerini (born April 25, 1949) is an American botanical illustrator and curator. Hired by American botanist Lyman Bradford Smith, she began her career as a freelance illustrator at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) in 1968. After graduating from Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in 1972, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting and printmaking, she started to work full-time for the NMNH as a staff illustrator. Her illustrations have been featured in academic journals, floras, books, monographs, and museum exhibits. While she favors more traditional to