About this artwork
Although Royds had travelled extensively and lived in both Canada and India, she always enjoyed depicting the simple, yet beautiful, things around her. This included her daughter growing up, and flowers in both full-bloom and in their dying days. Dead Tulips shows a jug of drooping tulips, with several of the stems no longer with petals. The pale yellow stalks give a gentle rhythm to the composition.
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artist:Mabel Royds (1874 - 1941) English
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title:Dead Tulips
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date created:About 1934
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materials:Colour woodcut on paper
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measurements:22.50 x 18.70 cm (paper 26.40 x 21.80 cm)
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credit line:Purchased 1949
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accession number:GMA 529
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Mabel Royds
Mabel Royds
At the age of fifteen Royds won a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy in London. However, she had her heart set on studying at the Slade School. After her time at the Slade, Royds moved to Paris and worked with the English painter, Walter Sickert, before travelling to Canada and teaching in...