As well as paintings she made mixed-media objects such as Angel of Anarchy, an imaginary portrait of Herbert Read (1940, Tate). In the 1940s and 1950s she changed direction, painting cool Tachiste abstracts, although her work still retained Surrealist elements.
She published an autobiography, A Look at My Life, in 1988; the book is full of famous names, for she knew many eminent artists and writers. It concludes with the words: ‘I hope to die in a sparkling moment.’
She published an autobiography, A Look at My Life, in 1988; the book is full of famous names, for she knew many eminent artists and writers. It concludes with the words: ‘I hope to die in a sparkling moment.’
Text Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford University Press)