Madge Gill
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Born | Maud Eades 19 January 1882 Pen and ink |
Madge Gill (born Maude Ethel Eades; 1882–1961), was an English outsider and visionary artist.[1][2]
Early years
Maude Ethel Eades was born on 19 January 1882, in
In 1896, she was sent to Canada by
During that time, she found work as a nurse at Whipps Cross Hospital, in Leytonstone.At the age of 25, she married her cousin, Thomas Edwin Gill, a stockbroker. Together they had three sons; their second son Reginald, died of the Spanish flu. The following year she gave birth to a stillborn baby girl and almost died herself, contracting a serious illness that left her bedridden for several months and blind in her left eye.[1]
Artistic works
During her illness, in 1920, Gill – now thirty-eight – took a sudden and passionate interest in drawing, creating thousands of allegedly
In 1922, Gill became a patient of Dr Helen Boyle after Thomas Gill contacted the Essex Voluntary Association for the Blind, concerned for his wife's mental health. Dr Boyle admitted Gill for treatment at the Lady Chichester Hospital in Hove, known for progressive and kind treatment of women, and is thought to have been encouraging about Gill's creation of art.[10]
In 1939, she exhibited one of her works at the Whitechapel Gallery. It was probably one of her largest works, measuring 40 meters wide, covering an entire wall in the gallery. She continued to exhibit her work each year at the Whitechapel Gallery up until 1947.
Later years
Gill rarely exhibited her work and never sold any pieces out of fear of angering "Myrninerest".
Exhibitions
From 5 October 2013 to 26 January 2014, Gill's work was displayed at the Orleans House Gallery.[13]
A major trilogy of exhibitions, showing over 600 of Gill's work, many previously unseen, took place at The Nunnery Gallery in London. It opened in May 2012 and lasted until January 2013.[14]
In summer 2019 Sophie Dutton curated Myrninerest at the William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow, which included "newly uncovered large-scale embroideries, textiles and archival objects, many of which [had] never been exhibited before".[15]
Some of her drawings are on permanent view in The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History,[16] whilst others are held by the London Borough of Newham Heritage Service.
Recognition
Madge Gill, like many outsider artists, has continually been gaining fame since her death in 1961.[
In 2013, admirer David Tibet, himself an outsider artist, published an antiquarian-style book solely devoted to her work, the first of its kind.[18]
On 8 March 2018 a blue plaque commemorating Gill was erected at 71 High Street, Walthamstow, where she was born in 1882 and lived until 1890.[19]
In 2021, an exhibition Nature in mind curated by Sophie Dutton and consisting of 20 reproductions of her work was installed at various locations in east London as part of The Line art trail.[20]
References
- ^ a b c d "biography - Madge Gill". Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Madge Gill : Learn About The Artists : The Collection: The Anthony Petullo Collection of SELF-TAUGHT & OUTSIDER ART". Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Maud Eades (129744)". Library and Archives Canada: Home Children (1869-1932). Government of Canada. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ "Maud Eades". British Home Child Registry. BHCARA. 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ Jessica Niznik (1 August 2019). "Tour the British home children sites in Peterborough on Saturday". The Peterborough Examiner. Peterborough, Ontario. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ Frank, Priscilla (20 November 2014). "A Brief And Visually Stunning Primer To Outsider Art". HuffPost. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ Wojcik, Daniel (7 March 2018). "Madge Gill". Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ^ Cardinal, Roger. "Madge Gill: The Magic of Madge Gill". Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ^ Outsider Art Sourcebook, ed. John Maizels, Raw Vision, Watford, 2009, p.79
- OCLC 1124556488.)
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- ^ Newham Archives and Local Studies Library
- ^ "Madge Gill: Medium & Visionary at the Orleans House Gallery 2013 – Madge Gill". Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "Bow arts presents Madge Gill at The Nunnery Gallery 2012 – Madge Gill". Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "What's On | Exhibitions | Madge Gill | William Morris Gallery". 8 August 2019. Archived from the original on 8 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ "the viktor wynd museum of curiosities". www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ "Collection de l'Art Brut - Gill, Madge". Art Brut. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "MADGE GILL - Myrninerest book (Standard edition)". DavidTibet.com. David Tibet. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- ^ "Meticulous Madge gets blue plaque". James Cracknell. Waltham Forest Echo. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- ^ "Walk on the wild side: Madge Gill brings flashes of colour to a landscape of grey". The Guardian. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
External links
- The Newham Story
- Collection of Madge Gill drawings at Henry Boxer Gallery