Joanna Carrington is sadly a lesser known woman artist of the Modern British period, but here at Blondes Fine Art we love to champion female artists both contemporary and twentieth century.
Who is Joanna Carrington ?
Carrington comes with exemplary credentials and really should be an artist who is included in any collection. Perhaps her destiny was written from the day she was born in Hampstead in 1931 as her Aunt was Dora Carrington - yes that Dora Carrington of Bloomsbury group fame ! She went on to study under Cedric Morris at Benton End in Suffolk before travelling to Paris to train in Leger’s studio before returning to London where she attended the Central School of Art where bing taught by William Roberts, Passmore, Paolozzi and Turnbull to name a few. Joanna found Hugh McKinnon a generous tutor who introduced her to the artists who would influence her work for the rest of her career , particularly Bonnard and Gaugin .
What did she paint?
She loved these French artists with a passion and spent much of her life living in Brittney, Normandy and central France painting landscapes and still life work following the example of those post-impressionists and modernists who rejected classical perspective and local colour, and searched for new ways to represent the natural world while still retaining the convention of a window space. It is amazing that she she didn’t have a regular Gallery to represent her until 1987 when at the age of 56 Sue Rankin at the Fulham Road Gallery offered her an exhibition . She had exhibitions with The Portal Gallery and New Grafton Gallery but it was this relationship with Sue Rankin that lasted for the rest of her life and the gallery became the Thackeray Gallery where she enjoyed a number of shows until her death in 2003.
What works are currently available ?
We have recently acquired 3 fabulous works -shown below- that have great provenance having been purchased from the Thackeray Gallery . They are all oil pastels and studies for larger works. They offer wonderful value for money and are beautifully framed . Do contact us for more details .
