Photograph by Anna Lockwood

 

On 1 April the Rostra-Rooksmore Gallery at 5 George St. in Bath

 will mount an unusual exhibition bringing together the work of two  septuagenarians:

 

LYDIA CORBETT and  LILLIAN DELEVORYAS

 

 

LYDIA CORBETT (formerly  SYLVETTE DAVID), Picasso’s muse in the ’50’s for his ‘Girl with a Ponytail’ series is a painter and ceramicist in her own right.  She has had several exhibitions of her work at the francis Kyle Gallery, London,   the  fosse Gallery, in  Stowe in the Wold, Gloucestershire, and several exhibitions on the continent, as well as in New York, Paris, Provence and Germany.  Although widely known as a watercolourist, more recently she has turned to ceramics, which are characterized by the same spontenaity and joy that are her hallmark.

 

LILLIAN DELEVORYAS – a Greek-American artist living in England since 1970 has collaborated with Kaffe Fassett in the ‘70’s in forming the Weatherall Tapestry Studios in the Forest of Dean, as well as designing several fabric collections for Designers Guild in the ‘80’s, and her work has been exhibited widely on both sides of the Atlantic, including the Robert Schoelkopf Gallery in new York, the Hellenic Centre and Long and Ryle in London.

 

The exhibition, which runs to 21 April,  will consist of around 30 pieces from each artist, with the pots and the paintings they inspired shown in juxtaposition to each other.

For information:  contact Rostra/Rooksmore Gallery 01225448121)

 

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I can be contacted at the following address:

 

e-mail delevoryas@praxisresearch.org

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