Paintings by British artist, surgeon, and psychiatrist Grace Pailthorpe, 1930s-40s, whose research into psychoanalysis led to her creating surrealist art along with her partner Reuben Mednikoff

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A few interesting creatures I encountered at Modern yesterday:
- an appealingly minimalist doggy nose (or possibly some sort of sentient lozenge) by Marie Laurencin
- a devilish little dude by Ibrahim El-Salahi
- the world's happiest horsey-bird by Grace Pailthorpe

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Grace Pailthorpe 1883–1971

December 4th, 1938 (currently hanging on the walls at Tate Britain, waiting to be on view again ... )
April 20, 1940 (The Blazing Infant) 1940
May 16, 1941

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Grace Pailthorpe (1883 – 1971) was a British surrealist painter, surgeon, and psychology researcher. Her works were hailed as "the best and most truly Surrealist" by

“Abstract Composition,” 1938.

See more artworks by here: https://t.co/vbU7Z5LXRv

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& other 'largely forgotten Victorian spirit feature in 10 Sept - 1 Nov 2020
https://t.co/V7ORQ0jWhg
pics: 'Spiritual Crown of Annie Mary Howitt Watts' (1867)
Georgiana Houghton
& 'Torment of Tantalus' (1938) Grace Pailthorpe

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Imagination and reason are biological twins. They must grow up together. What affects the one will affect the other. If their development is such that one grows apace and the other remains stunted, the results are disastrous.

🖋🖌 Grace W. Pailthorpe

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...she <Nancy> drew from her bosom a white handkerchief—Rose Maylie's own—and holding it up, in her folded hands, as high towards Heaven as her feeble strength would allow, breathed one prayer for mercy to her Maker.
😢💔



Art: FW Pailthorpe(1838)

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Two great exhibitions of surrealism on in London now. "A Tale of Mother’s Bones: Grace Pailthorpe, Reuben Mednikoff and the Birth of Psychorealism" just opened and will change your minds, while "Dorothea Tanning" continues until beginning of June Modern.

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A Tale of Mother’s Bones: Grace Pailthorpe, Reuben Mednikoff and the Birth of Psychorealism’
Bexhill on Sea, until 20 January 2019
Open every day 10am – 6pm
https://t.co/qBbF1QLDn0

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