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The Surreal World of Maeve Gilmore - Hatchards, Piccadilly
The newest volume in the Eiderdown Books collection of Modern Women Artists is Maeve Gilmore by Lucy Scholes.
We hope you can join us for a fascinating evening of discusison about Maeve Gilmore, in celebration of the release of the book.
About the Book
MAEVE GILMORE (1917-1983) was a painter and muralist who drew inspiration from her domestic environment which she shared with her husband - the artist and writer Mervyn Peake - and their three children.
Replete with surrealist imagery, her paintings - mostly figurative, but sometimes abstract or symbolic - are an extraordinary record of both her exterior and interior worlds, shot through with imagination, creativity and deep emotion.
The MODERN WOMEN ARTISTS series of collectable books reveal an alternative history of art, telling the stories of important female artists whose work might otherwise be over-looked, overshadowed or forgotten. Read together, these books begin to redress the untold history of modern art.
About the Author
Dr Lucy Scholes is a writer and critic known for her work in rediscovering and championing overlooked female voices. Specialising in women’s literature, art and cultural history. Lucy regularly writes for the Times Literary Supplement, Financial Times, Paris Review Daily, and New York Times Book Review, and is an editor at McNally Editions.
