Unheard Voices - the lives and works of overlooked female artists
This selection of posts features the work of neglected and overlooked female artists, particularly form the early to mid-century.
All in black and white
A good print is as unlike a drawing as anything can be. Good draughtsmanship is, if it were possible, even more necessary in making a print than in making a drawing. Noel Rooke, Central School of Art, 1926
The smallest things are gifts
I wanted to say these things and to record what I have seen to remind ourselves that - in our haste - in this century - we may not give time to pause and look - and we may pass on our way unheeding. Mary Newcomb
The Lyricism of Winter Trees
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The Quiet Moon
The Rising Moon, Oil on canvas , 45.7 x 76.3cm, Mary Potter, 1942 © Ferens Art Gallery. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
A Garden in Winter
“Winter Garden” - Evelyn Dunbar (1906 - 1960) c.1928 - 37 © The Tate Gallery 30.5 x 91.4 cm
A Restless Life
The Island, 1951 Oil on canvas © the artist's estate. Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London
Unheard Voices
On finishing this week’s post I realised that it is my first anniversary of being here! Thank you to every one who has supported and subscribed over this time, it means a great deal and when I plunged in with that first post I never dreamt what a happy place this would turn out to be. From week to week I never know quite what I am going to do, but I lov…
It pleases me to stand in silence here*
We are blessed by angels in this little corner of East Anglia. So many of our medieval churches contain a host of heavenly beings gazing down from their hammerbeam eyries, but earlier this year, thanks to this Sunday post by India Knight, I made a new discovery.
The girl who should have been an artist*
Welcome to the fourth post in my series “Unheard Voices” about women artists who are now often overlooked and neglected. Once again, I have gone over the image limit for email and so it may be cut short in your usual email. You can read it either via Substack or press the“View the Entire Message” link to see it all. Thank you!