Joe Tilson RA, Dionysos Karpios, 1990-91.
1240 mm x 1180 mm. © Royal Academy of Arts. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Dionysos Karpios, 1990-91
Joe Tilson RA (1928 - 2023)
RA Collection: Art
Joe Tilson was elected ARA on 20 May 1985, and RA on 26 June 1991. Dionysos Karpios is Tilson’s diploma work, dating from 1990-91. It was one of a new series of prints based on mythological scenes. Dionysos is the god of wine, festivity and fertility in Greek mythology while the epithet Karpios means 'fruit bringer'.
Tilson made a pencil sketch for the print in a notebook in August 1990, under the heading ‘New Woodcuts – August 1990’. There is no indication why Tilson chose to submit this particular print, other than that it was a recent work developing subject matter present in his graphic work for many years.
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