Della Purves

Rodella Anne Purves (6 July 1945 – 17 January 2008) was a British botanical artist.[1]

Della Purves
Born(1945-07-06)6 July 1945
Paisley, United Kingdom
Died17 January 2008(2008-01-17) (aged 62)
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
EducationSt Margaret's School, Edinburgh, East of Scotland College
Known forBotanical Illustration

Purves was born in 1945 in Paisley, Scotland, and two years later moved to Edinburgh with her family, where she attended St. Margaret's School. She received a degree in agriculture from Edinburgh and East of Scotland College of Agriculture. She trained at Cambridge as a seed tester.[1]

She spent a year in New Zealand, working for the government's Department of Industry, before returning to Edinburgh to work at the Royal Botanic Garden.[2]

Purves left the Botanic Garden in 1976 to concentrate on her career as a botanical artist. Her work was exhibited around the world, in the United States, Ireland, Japan and Germany, with the Queen's Royal Botanist describing her as one of Britain's leading artists.[2]

Purves died on 17 January 2008 in Edinburgh, Scotland.[2]

References
  1. "Plant artist Rodella was number one in her field". The Scotsman. 18 February 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  2. Della blossomed into one of the country's best artists, The Scotsman, 8 February 2008.
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