Shaw-Lawrence, Bettina (1921-2018)

Creator details

Name
Shaw-Lawrence, Bettina (1921-2018)
Nationality
British
Biography
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="FR" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Born in 1921, Bettina Shaw-Lawrence, an English figurative painter, studied in Paris under Léger and Zadkine. During the war years, she pursued her training<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>in England under Cedric Morris at the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing. <p /></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="FR" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><p><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="FR" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">The artist’s life has been devoted to oil painting and pen and ink drawing, both inspired by her lifestyle. Indeed, in the aftermath of the war, she travelled extensively, mainly attracted by Mediterranean countries such as Italy where she now lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span><p /></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="FR" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><p><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="FR" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">What has mattered most to Bettina Shaw-Lawrence was to create a new vision, to use the tangible object as a starting point from which to explore colour, form and light. Each painting or drawing had to tell its own story .<p /></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="FR" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><p><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="FR" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Her unique eye gave her the opportunity of exhibiting in major galleries in London, Rome and New York.<p /></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="FR" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><p><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p></span></p>

Assets (28 in total)

Watching, Youth with Chain, 1975 (oil on board)
Tribute to Pablo Neruda, 1977 (oil on board)
Street in Cap Ferrat, c.1950 (oil on board)
Ben Hur, Night Filming at Cinecitta, 1962 (oil on canvas)
Mythical Prince in Waiting-Nepi, 1978 (oil on panel)
Man at Paris Cafe, 1976 (oil on canvas)
Egyptian Shrouded Water Carriers, 1965 (oil on board)
A Rendezvous, Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, 1956 (oil on panel)
Boy with Rose, 1959 (oil on canvas)
Enigma, Nude in the Desert, 1953 (oil on canvas)
River Plants, 1977 (oil on canvas)
Tuscan Church, 1983 (oil on canvas)

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