Ripe Red Strawberry (by Louis C.C. Krieger) Card

This design features a watercolour painting by the American botanical illustrator Louis Charles Christopher Krieger (1873–1940). The painting depicts a single strawberry. It captures the essence of a ripe strawberry with exquisite detail. Krieger’s brushwork emphasises the subtle textures of the fruit’s surface: its tiny seeds, the bright sheen of its skin, and the slight variations in red hues that suggest ripeness and freshness. Set against a minimal background, the strawberry stands out as the focal point, inviting viewers to appreciate both its natural beauty and the artist’s technical mastery. The original artwork was painted in 1930. It is housed in the US Department of Agriculture’s Pomological Watercolor Collection, and it is housed in the Rare and Special Collections section of the National Agricultural Library. This high-definition version was captured by rawpixel.com