Julie De Graag

Julie de Graag was a Dutch artist known for her delicate woodcuts, floral studies, animals, and portraiture. Though her work often feels quiet and controlled, her life was shaped by chronic physical and mental illness. As her health declined, her art grew darker—filled with fragile intensity and beauty on the edge of despair.

She died by suicide in 1924, aged just 46.

At Cynefn, we include Julie not only for the strength of her graphic work, but to honour artists whose inner struggles shaped - yet never diminished - their creative legacy.

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