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Picture This: Ilse D’Hollander, Victoria Miro gallery, London
Untitled, 1996, Oil on canvas, 31 x 38 cm;
Pics: © The Estate of Ilse D’Hollander / Courtesy The Estate of Ilse D’Hollander and Victoria Miro, London/Venice
JULIA TOPPIN recommends Patti Smith’s eloquent memoir that wrestles with the beauty and sorrow of a lifetime
MARJORIE MAYO welcomes an account of family life after Oscar Wilde, a cathartic exercise, written by his grandson
KEN COCKBURN guides us through a survey of Chekov’s early short fiction, and the groundwork it laid for his later masterpieces
ANDY HEDGECOCK revels in a hugely enjoyable but deadly serious examination of the 1930s, that is an indictment of our own era
The bard distills our hellish times into fiery words
FLEMISH painter Ilse D’Hollander committed suicide in 1997 at the age of 28 and only a single solo exhibition of her work was held during her lifetime. Yet in her short life she created intelligent, sensual work of rare clarity, beguiling composition and a breath-taking colour palette.
Mist, 1996, Oil on canvas, 53 x 47 cm; Pics: © The Estate of Ilse D’Hollander / Courtesy The Estate of Ilse D’Hollander and Victoria Miro, London/Venice
Born in Sint Niklaas, D’Hollander drew upon her experience of the Flemish countryside where she spent her highly productive final years of her life, producing over 500 paintings. A selection is now on show in a free exhibition at London's Victoria Miro Gallery.
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