Della Purves
Rodella Anne Purves (6 Julie 1945 – 17 Januar 2008) wis a Scots botanical airtist.[1]
Della Purves | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 Julie 1945 Paisley, Scotland, Unitit Kinrick |
| Dee'd | 17 Januar 2008 (aged 62) Edinburgh, Scotland, Unitit Kinrick |
| Naitionality | Breetish, Scots |
| Eddication | St Margaret's School, Edinburgh, East of Scotland College |
| Kent for | Botanical Illustration |
Purves wis born in 1945 in Paisley, Scotland, an twa year later flittit tae Edinburgh wi her faimily, whaur she went tae St. Margaret's School. She gaint a degree in agricultur frae Edinburgh and East of Scotland College of Agriculture. She traint in Cambridge as a seed tester.[1]
She spent a year in New Zealand, whaur she haed thrift fur the govrenment's Department of Industry, afore returnin tae Edinburgh tae wirk at the Royal Botanic Garden.[2]
Purves quit the Royal Botanic Garden in 1976 tae focus on her thrift as a botanical airtist. Her wark wis shawn athort the warld, in the Unitit States, Ireland, Germany an Japan, wi the Queen's Ryal Botanist descrievin her as ane o Britain's leadin airtists.[2] She wis awairdit the Jill Smythies Award in 1998.[3]
Purves deet on 17 Januar 2008 in Edinburgh, Scotland.[2]
References eedit
- ↑ a b "Plant artist Rodella was number one in her field". The Scotsman. 18 Februar 2008. Archived frae the original on 15 Januar 2018. Retrieved 5 Apryle 2016.
- ↑ a b c Della blossomed into one of the country's best artists, The Scotsman, 8 February 2008.
- ↑ Tyrrell, Katherine. "The Jill Smythies Award". Botanical Arts and Artists. Retrieved 21 December 2020.