| Margaret Mellis |
| Biography |
| 1914 - 2009. Born in China of Scottish parents but moved to Britain as a baby. She was educated at Edinburgh College of Art 1929-33 and then a postgraduate scholarship allowed her to travel to Paris. 1935-7 Mellis held a fellowship at Edinburgh College of Art before studying at Euston Road School. In 1939 she moved to St Ives where she a became central figure in the St Ives group of artists which included Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo. Mellis's career was heavily influenced by her experiences in St Ives. From 1939, Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth, along with their family, lived with Mellis and her husband. Mellis was encouraged by Nicholson to move away from representational painting and to experiment with collage and relief, prompting her to 'think in a different way, not in colour which was natural to me'. Mellis settled in Suffolk in 1950 where she has since lived and worked. see obit here View here Margaret Mellis excerpt - a life in colour |
| Landlocked Lighthouse Oil on Unprimed Canvas 1979 10x9 £1200 framed SOLD |
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Orange Blue Purple Oil on unprepared canvas 14x14 1980 poa SOLD |
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Skew Series Oil on unprimed canvas 1983 13x13 Artists stamped poa SOLD |
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Landlocked Lighthouse Oil on unprepared canvas 1979 14x15 poa SOLD |
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