About Della Purves
Lived 1945 – 2008 (aged 62). Della Purves was a British painter and botanical illustrator.
Rodella Anne Purves (6 July 1945 – 17 January 2008) was a British botanical artist.
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.
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.
Purves died on 17 January 2008 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Who was Della Purves?
British botanical artist (1945-2008)
When was Della Purves born?
Della Purves was born on 6 July 1945 in Paisley.
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Della Purves died on 17 January 2008 in Edinburgh.
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Della Purves was a painter and botanical illustrator.
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Della Purves was British.
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