Current Location:
L. William Seidman Center -> 1st Floor (WSC)
Location Notes:
WSC; 1st fl., rm. 1008

Yellow and Violet Tulip

Artwork
Identifier:
2010.71.2
Artist:
Addy P. Coumou
Medium:
Oil Pastel
Date:
circa 2010
Dimensions:
Artworks - Height: 23 in Width: 17.75 in
Description:
Image of a flower ad part of the stem. The petals are a deep purple with yellow stripes along the tips. Dark turquoise background.
Historical Context:
Addy Coumou received her training at the Academy for Industrial Design Eindhoven, Textile Department, and the Art Academy St. Joost Breda, Department Monumental Painting and Design. The Parrot Tulip is central motif in her work. Coumou's "tulip fever" began when she saw the parrot tulips of the seventeenth-century painters at the Marell Henstenburg Teyler Museum in Haarlem. The fickleness of the flower and the characteristic lines made a great impression on her. Coumou enjoys working with different materials, such as these tulips, which are acrylic, oil pastel and graphite on a transparent fabric.