Theodore Major (1908-1999)

'Cyclamen were always a favourite flower of my mother Kathleen Major, an artist in her own right, who had studied Botany at college. Theo chose rather than making botanical studies of plants to get down to the essentials of rhythm and vibrancy by simplifying structures with great sweeps of impasto brushwork which he had to get right first time. As with his still lifes the flowers are more representative of human relationships than specific records of any particular plant' (private correspondence, Mary Major).