In 1930 pioneering female gallerist Lucy Wertheim opened The
Wertheim Gallery in London. Wertheim challenged the established art
scene conventions; she was a woman without formal art training,
driven by intuition and a belief that young British artists should
have the same opportunities as their European counterparts.
Adventure in Art is Lucy's 1947 autobiography, telling the story of
her career in the British Modernist era. Republished by Unicorn to
coincide with the forthcoming Towner Eastbourne exhibition, A Life
in Art: Lucy Wertheim & Reuniting the Twenties Group (Summer
2022), this book brings to a contemporary audience the trials and
tribulations of a key participant in the male-dominated art world
in the first half of the twentieth century. Lucy Wertheim's
discerning eye and business acumen helped to propel big names such
as Christopher Wood, Alfred Wallis, Cedric Morris, Henry Moore and
Frances Hodgkins into the mainstream. With three commissioned
essays - the first by Frances Spalding (Lucy Wertheim - Her Gallery
in Context); the second by Ariane Banks (Lucy Wertheim - A
Pioneering Woman and Her Contemporaries); the third by Towner's
Collections & Exhibitions Curator, Karen Taylor (Lucy Wertheim
- Her 'Forty-One Year Experiment' [1930-71]) - this new edition not
only brings Lucy Carrington Wertheim's words and deeds back into
our conscience, but it also publishes over 70 artworks, many of
which are featured in the Towner exhibition, as well as newly
photographed ephemera from the Estate's extensive archive.
Together, this exhibition and book will significantly reset the
accepted narrative, and shine a light on a neglected corner of
mid-twentieth century art history.
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