Sandra Blow 1979 'Untitled' Mixed Media Original Painting

Sandra Blow (British 1935 – 2006) born in London, she studied at St. Martin’s College of Art. An abstract painter and one of the pioneers of the British abstract movement of the 1950s. She was one of the most original woman painters in Britain, challenging the ‘macho cult’ surrounding abstract art. Blow's work was widely exhibited during her lifetime. Notable exhibitions of her work include sales made to the Museum of Modern Art and the Tate Gallery, the 1958 Venice Biennale, the 1960 Guggenheim International Award (which she won), the 1961 Liverpool John Moores University exhibition and at the Victoria and Albert Museum.