Carole Steyn

Carole Steyn
Born Carole Moss
1938
Manchester
Nationality British
Education
Known for Painting, sculpture, bas-relief and ceramics

Carole Steyn (née Moss) (born in Manchester in 1938) is a British abstract and figurative painter, sculptor, pastellist and ceramicist who works with a wide range of materials and lives in London.[1] While studying in Paris Steyn's work was influenced by Post-Impressionism and Fauvism with her later work being influenced by Russian Constructivism.[2]

Biography

Steyn studied at the Académie Julian in Paris in 1953 and the Saint Martin's School of Art from 1954–56, then studied sculpture at the Camden Arts Centre in 1968.[1] She had a series of solo exhibitions at the Drian Galleries in London in the 1970s.[3][4] In 1974, 1975 and 1976 Steyn exhibited with the Women's International Art Club.[5] In 1988 Steyn featured in Out of the Doll's House, a BBC2 mini series of eight films, which explored the way women's lives have changed in the 20th century.[6] Carole also took part in the project Hanging Out - www.hangingout.org.uk - an exploration of youth culture both now and in the 1950s and 1960s. Commenting on her time at Saint Martin's School of Art during the 1950's Carole said 'We were called beatniks sometimes and adopted maybe some so-called Bohemian attitudes at St. Martins…'.[7]

Early career

Steyn's early abstract relief work using organic materials such as eggs, nuts and seeds reflected her interest in the sea. Her 'Seabed' collages captured the flow, colour and rhythm of the ocean floor.[8]

Solo Exhibitions

  • 1971, Abstract relief, eggs, nuts, Drian Gallieries, London[9]
  • 1975, New Abstract reliefs, Flow period, Drian Gallieries, London[9]
  • 1981, First Retrospective Exhibition, Drian Gallieries, London
  • 1985, Abstract oil paintings and new abstract collages, Drian Gallieries, London
  • 1987, Reliefs and Paintings and Pastels, Jablonski Gallery, London
  • 1991, Oils, Pastels, Drawings, Prints, Galerie Harounoff, London [10]

Group Exhibitions[11]

Galleries and museums

Steyn's work is held in the following collections, galleries and museums.

  • The Schools Collection, Sheffield, UK
  • National Museum, Warsaw, Poland
  • National Museum, Gdańsk, Poland

References

  1. 1 2 David Buckman (1998). The Dictionary of Artists in Britain Since 1945. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0953260909.
  2. ↑ Oxford Art Online. "Benezit Dictionary of Artists". Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  3. ↑ Artist Biographies. "Drian Galleries". Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  4. ↑ Max Wykes-Joyce (1991). Drian Galleries (A Short History). K.Izumi Art Publications Ltd. ISBN 0955518334.
  5. 1 2 U Richmond (2016). Women's International Art Club (WIAC). Archives Hub. Accessed September 2016.
  6. ↑ Angela Holdsworth (1988). Out of the Doll's House: The Story of Women in the Twentieth Century. BBC Books. ISBN 0563206314.
  7. ↑ Full Spectrum Productions (2012). "Hanging Out Book Project". Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  8. ↑ The Financial Times, Saturday 12 June 1971. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  9. 1 2 Halima Nalecz (1986). Three Decades of Private Views at the Drian: 1957-1987. Drian Galleries.
  10. ↑ Women's International Art Club. Artist Biographies: British and Irish Artists of the 20th Century. Accessed July 2016.
  11. ↑ Gallery Catalogues, Carole Steyn. "National Art Library, art catalogues archive". Retrieved 23 September 2018.

Further reading

  • Drian Galleries: A short history by Max Wykes-Joyce, K.ISUMI Art Publications, London (2009)
  • Out of the Doll's House: The Story of Women in the Twentieth Century by Angela Holdsworth, BBC Books, London (1988)
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