The first in-depth biographical study of the British surrealist and
occultist Ithell Colquhoun, This book offers the first in-depth
biographical study of the British surrealist and occultist Ithell
Colquhoun, situating her art within the magical contexts that
shaped her imaginative life and work. After decades of neglect,
Colquhoun's unique vision and hermetic life have become an object
of great renewed interest, both for artists and for historians of
magic. Although her paintings are represented in such major
collections as Tate Britain and the National Portrait Gallery,
Colquhoun's rejection of both avant-garde and occult orthodoxies
resulted in a life of relative obscurity. Her visual and written
works have only recently received adequate recognition as a
precursor to contemporary experiments in magical autobiography and
esoteric feminism. After rejecting the hectic social expectations
and magical orthodoxies of London's art and occult scenes,
Colquhoun pursued a life of dedicated spiritual and artistic
enquiry embodied in her retreat to Cornwall. Genius of the Fern
Loved Gully balances engaging biography with art historical
erudition and critical insight into the magical systems that
underscored her art and writing.
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