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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20230125
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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/williamson-art-gallery-kathleen-
 guthrie-and-john-cecil-stephenson-life-in-abstraction/
SUMMARY:Williamson Art Gallery & Museum: Williamson Art Gallery: Kathleen G
 uthrie and John Cecil Stephenson: Life in Abstraction
DESCRIPTION:Kathleen Guthrie and John Cecil Stephenson were key figures of 
 20th century British modernism. Married from 1942 until Stephenson’s de
 ath in 1965\, this exhibition will be the first time that their work has b
 een exhibited side-by-side.\n\nThough Guthrie and Stephenson were both est
 ablished and successful artists prior to their marriage\, this exhibition 
 explores the development of their individual styles under each other’s i
 nfluence.\n\nThe exhibition will be open 25th January – 8th April 2023
  in Galleries 4 &amp\; 5. For full visiting information check our Visit 
 Us page.\n\nAbout The Artists:\n\nKathleen Guthrie (1905-1981) exhibited
  widely from the 1930s onwards. Following her marriage to Stephenson in 19
 42 her work moved increasingly towards abstraction. Guthrie also wrote and
  illustrated children’s books\, most notably The Magic Button to the Mo
 on which was published in 1958\, and during the 1960s impressed with her 
 work in silk screen printing.\n\nStephenson (1889-1965) took on Walter Si
 ckert’s studio at 6 Mall Studios\, Hampstead in 1919\, where he was late
 r joined by Herbert Read\, Barbara Hepworth\, and Henry Moore. From 1922 u
 ntil 1955 he was Head of Art at the Northern Polytechnic on Holloway Road.
  Stephenson began making his predominantly abstract work in the 1930s\, ex
 hibiting widely – though during the Second World War he returned to figu
 rative work\, making paintings of the Blitz. A series of strokes Stephenso
 n suffered in 1958 left him unable to move or talk. Partly for this reason
  he is today less well-known than many of his contemporaries\, despite bei
 ng a key figure in the development of abstract art in Britain.\n\nStephens
 on’s work was re-visited by Guthrie in her screen prints of his painting
 s\, including Egg Tempera 1936 and Egg Tempera 1937.\n\nImage courtesy of 
 Liss Llewellyn Fine Art
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