Anita was born in The Hague, the Netherlands, where she still lives, holding the prestigious position of head of the Art department and scientific illustrator till 2013 of the Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, part of the University of Leiden, now Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
She organizes and takes part in exhibitions in The Netherlands and abroad, France and Belgium, Germany, the United Kingdom and the USA.
The prince of Wales has just commissioned a set of rare book about botanicals.
Only 150 copies will be made of these books with watercolours of the wild flowers of Transylvania. The Prince of Wales will sign each set of books.
Anita Walsmit Sachs-Jansen’s work has been selected for inclusion in The Highgrove Florilegium.This is presently being created under the umbrella of The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation and will celebrate and record in a permanent way the
flora in the garden at Highgrove. Anita Walsmits work has been selected for inclusion in the Transylvania Florilegium presently being created under the umbrella of the Prince’s School of traditional Arts to record in a permanent way the flora of Transylvania. Romania.
Crocus versus 'King of the Striped'
Trametes versicolor
Acer palmatum var. palmatum
Galanthus nivalis
