Yasmin David's Landscape Paintings Revealed in 'The Nature of Light' at Thelma Hulbert Gallery
The solo exhibition The Nature of Light, showcasing over 40 canvases by Yasmin David, is currently on display at Thelma Hulbert Gallery in Honiton until 31 October. Curated by Gemma Girvan, the exhibition emphasizes David's significant contribution to British landscape painting, situated just 40 miles from her residence near Dartmoor in Luscombe. Following her passing, David's artistic prowess came to light when her daughter Clio uncovered more than 200 canvases and 550 paper works. In 2021, a memorial exhibition at New Art Gallery Walsall presented her art alongside her father's poetry and letters. Clio David is working with the Courtauld Institute to preserve her mother’s artistic legacy.
Key facts
- Yasmin David: The Nature of Light is at Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton, until 31 October.
- The exhibition features more than 40 works on canvas alongside drawings, sketches, notebooks and photographs.
- Curator Gemma Girvan organized the show, about 40 miles from David's home in Luscombe.
- After David's death, her daughter Clio found over 200 canvases and 550 works on paper in a cupboard.
- A memorial show at the New Art Gallery Walsall in 2021 included paintings and personal writings.
- David discovered at 19 that writer Laurie Lee was her biological father; her mother was Lorna Garman.
- Art historian Sophie Hatchwell compares David's work to Joan Eardley, Barbara Delaney and Gillian Ayres.
- The Courtauld gallery in London ran A View of One's Own: Landscapes by British Women Artists this spring.
Entities
Artists
- Yasmin David
- Clio David
- Laurie Lee
- Lorna Garman
- Lucian Freud
- Kitty Garman
- Peggy Guggenheim
- Vita Sackville-West
- Ernest Wishart
- Julian David
- Kathleen Garman
- Jacob Epstein
- Gemma Girvan
- Thelma Hulbert
- Sophie Hatchwell
- Joan Eardley
- Barbara Delaney
- Gillian Ayres
- Ana Mendieta
- Angie Lewin
- Roy Campbell
- Michael Wishart
Institutions
- Thelma Hulbert Gallery
- New Art Gallery Walsall
- Dartington Hall
- Lawrence & Wishart
- Courtauld Institute
- Courtauld gallery
Locations
- Honiton
- United Kingdom
- Devon
- Luscombe
- Dartmoor
- London
- Walsall
- West Sussex