Maeve Gilmore

Maeve Gilmore at Alison Jacques Gallery, London.

As happens to so many women artists Maeve Gilmore (1917-1983) did not get the recognition she deserved during her lifetime. Recently however, she is finally acknowledged as a significant artist.

She was a shrewd and loving observer of domestic life, while at the same time, she expressed the difficulties around the coexistence of her domestic role and her dedication to making art. 'Despite the eternal meals, the fights of one's children, and the constant demands of domesticity', she maintained a studio in her family home throughout the decades. 'In those attic rooms, I entered the world of my own making, and the familiar smell of turpentine'.

Her markedly modernist paintings present a carefully constructed interior world, replete with Surrealist imagery which is often dreamlike.

Children at Play, 1955, (oil on canvas)

The Attendant, 1955, (acrylic on paper)

Gated Path, 1942, (oil on canvas)

Still Life, 1945, (oil on canvas)

Portrait in Blue with Cat, 1978, (oil on canvas)

Two Boys, Cat's Cradle, 1952, (oil on canvas)

Cats at the Window, View from Le Chalet Sark, 1947, (oil on canvas)

Still Life (Sliced Pears), 1940, (oil on board)

Children Playing, 1955, (oil on canvas)

Figures at a Window, 1940, (oil on board)

Boys in Orchard, 1940, (oil on board)