Morwen thistlethwaite biography of martin

  • Born Morwenna Brock in 1912 in Kew, Richmond, little is known of Morwenna's childhood, except that she grew up in Tongue, a coastal village in.
  • He was already at that time a colourful character.
  • Giorgio Morandi and Morwenna Thistlethwaite.

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    Tasked with illuminating the forgotten art of Morwenna Thistlethwaite, art historian Sacha Llewellyn unearthed evidence of an extraordinary career. In this excerpt from our latest catalogue, she tells her story.

    A mother lovingly cradles her baby in a quiet corner of a room. A man, with his back to the viewer, contemplates the wider world beyond: the open Celtic Sea, whose churning waves contrast with the delicate, spare interior within. Soft prairies of colour – blues, pale pinks and dull bluish greens – enhance the contemplative mood and saturate the composition with a feeling of detachment. This small painting, entitled Family by the Window, is a perfect introduction to the world of Morwenna Thistlethwaite, whose work (recently shown at the Goldmark Gallery) provides a valuable link to a quiet strand of art that flowered in St Ives towards the end of the 20th century.

    Family by the Window, oil on board

    Born Morwenna Brock in 1912 in Kew, Richmond, little is known of Morw

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    Giorgio Morandi and Morwenna Thistlethwaite. The Italian master and the Cornish recluse. Bologna and Downalong, St Ives. Each could not have been further from the other. And yet, in their muted still lifes, Morandi and Morwenna prove kindred spirits – or so our editor believes...

    Giorgio Morandi, Still Life, oil on canvas, 1955, private collection

    The medieval city of Bologna once bristled with towers. During the 11th and 12th centuries, these great four-walled fingers, clutching at the heavens, were raised by competing aristocratic families, perhaps as demonstrations of wealth, power and importance, perhaps in pre-emptive self- defence. For 300 years they continued to rise until their integrity – or their divine authority – was questioned. Some were pulled down, others collapsed; only a handful remain intact. Many were cannibalised and remain preserved in the living mausoleum that is the city’s shaded gateways and thoroughfares. Today, as if out of penitence for their past hubr