| Sandra Blow RA |
| Biography |
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1923 - 2006
London born Sandra Blow studied at St Martin's
School of Art from 1941 to 1946, at the Royal Academy Schools
from 1946 to 1947, and subsequently at the Academy of Fine Arts,
Rome from 1947 to 1948. She travelled to Spain and Fence
in the late 1940s, worked in Cornwall for a yea form 1957 to
1958 and went on to teach at the Royal College of Art from 1960.
Blow’s first solo exhibition was at Gimpel Fils in 1951, where
she continued to exhibit regularly until the mid-sixties.
Further solo shows were held at the New Art Centre, London
(1966, 68, 71, 73), at Clare College, Cambridge (1968) and at
the Royal Academy of Arts, London (Diploma Gallery) in 1979.
More recently, a retrospective of he work was held in the
Sackler Galleries at the Royal Academy in 1994. Blow also
participated in many international group exhibitions from an
early stage. These included; 'Young British Painters', at
The Art Club, Chicago (1957), which subsequently toured the USA
for two yeas; the Venice Biennale — Young Artists Section
(1958); 'Aspects of New British Art', British Council touring
exhibition of Australia and New Zealand (1967); and 'St Ives'
held at the Tate Gallery, London (1985). Her work has been
regularly included in group exhibitions at the Tate Gallery, St
Ives, and in other shows throughout the UK. Blow’s awards
include joint-winner of the International Guggenheim Award (The
Solomon Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1960), Second Prize Winner in the John
Moores Liverpool Exhibition (1961) and the Kon Fey Picture of the Year Award, Royal Academy (1998).
In 1994 her work 'Green and White' was purchased under the terms
of the Chantrey Bequest for the Nation. Among he recent
commissions are a glass screen for Heathrow Airport
(commissioned by the BAA in 1995), and illustrations for 'Waves
on Porthmero Beach', by Alaic Sumner (Wordsworth Books, 1995).
Sandra Blow was appointed Honorary Fellow of the Royal College
of Art in 1973. She lives and works in Cornwall. Read
Obituary |
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Transparency Screenprint 2004 ed 130 71x71 £950 framed |
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| Untitled from The Kings College Portfolio Screenprint 1999 ed 100 56x76 £800 framed SOLD |
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| Hard News screenprint 59x45 ed 100 £750 SOLD |
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Allegro Screenprint with Collage 2005 ed 125 21x21 £400 framed SOLD |
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| Iridescent Wave Screenprint 2004 ed 130 71x69 £950 framed SOLD |
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Untitled Pink Collage 27x16 poa SOLD |
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untitled screenprint ed 100 2002 62x51 £750 SOLD |
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| In a Corner Oil on Card 7x6 £700 framed SOLD |
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| Four Square screenprint 2005 ed 125 91x93 £1,000 SOLD |
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| Blue Brown Interweave Screenprint with collage 2005 ed 125 94x91 £1,100 SOLD |
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Red Melange screenprint with collage 2006 ed 130 94x91 £900 SOLD |
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