Sandra Blow - Artist

London born Sandra Blow is considered one of the leaders of the post war British abstract movement due to her innovative approach to painting in the 1950's. In 1941-1946 Sandra Blow studied at St Martin's College followed by the the Royal Academy school before her move to Italy. It was in Italy she met with Alberto Burri who introduced her to the tesions between textures and collage. Utilising these skills learnt from Alberto Burri, Sandra Blow created her own style of abstract impressionism concerned with movement, space and matter. The geometry, scale and light principles of the Renaissance period feature in her subject matter representations. Elected in 1978 as Royal Academician, the Royal Academy further honoured her with a solo show in 1994.

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