Phlox Notecard

Inez Whitfield

Inez Whitfield was born May 25, 1867, in German Flatts, New York. By 1901, Whitfield, who suffered from rheumatoid arthritis, had started visiting Hot Springs, Arkansas for the therapeutic baths and soon moved there. By 1911, she was confined to a wheelchair but continued to immerse herself in Hot Springs society. She was nationally recognized for her watercolor paintings of native plants and flowers from Arkansas.

Inez Whitfield, Phlox; Sweet William: Phlox devaricata (March) (detail), circa 1935, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Gift of the Arkansas Federation of Garden Clubs.  

5 x 7 inches