The Grande Dame and the Canvas Ceiling: Lys Hansen

Greated, Marianne

The Grande Dame and the Canvas Ceiling: Lys Hansen

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Greated, Marianne (2020) The Grande Dame and the Canvas Ceiling: Lys Hansen. Visual Culture in Britain, 21 (1). pp. 73-97. ISSN 1471-4787
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Creators/Authors:

Greated, Marianne

Abstract:

This essay focuses on the artist Lys Hansen (b. 1936) and discusses her work in relation to Scottish art and its infrastructures, self-portraiture, expressionism and the positioning of artists who are women. Although Hansen has been regarded as one of the key figurative painters working in Scotland in the mid-to-late-twentieth century, this essay suggests that her gender has defined the reception of her painting practice. The research proposes that re-evaluating her career will allow a fuller interpretation of her work and its relevance to historic and current painting practices in Scotland.

Official URL:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14714787.2020.1721314

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Lys Hansen, women, painting, Scotland, expressionist

School/Academic Area:

School of Fine Art > Painting & Printmaking

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2 March 2020

Published Online

18 February 2020