1902 b. Leicester, England.
English Painter Writer and Photographer.
1920's married the English artist Robert Baxter.
1937 Moved from Manchester to London.
1938 Family Tree.
1939 She was introduced by Gordon Onslow Ford to the London Surrealist Group
and Edouard Mesens.
She became a key figure,attending most weekly meetings in the Barcelona Restaurant
in Soho and the Horseshoe Pub in Tottenham Court Road, and struck up a close friendship
with Emmy Bridgwater (whose main affiliation was with the Birmingham Surrealists).
She was much admired and encouraged by artists such as Edward Burra and her close
friend John Banting.
Friends with Conroy Maddox.
1944 Cover of Fulcrum ~>.
1946 Included in Free unions - Unions libres. Editor Simon Watson Taylor.
1947 Exhibited in major surrealist exhibitions, most notably at the International
Surrealist Exhibition at the Galerie Maeght.
The Oneiroscopist.
1948 The Decoy.
She practiced automatic writing and drawing with Emmy Bridgwater and occasionally
with Ithell Colquhoun.
Although she painted little during World War II, her production of automatic texts
increased, producing pieces such as Timetable and Leucotomy.
1950's Her interest focused on photography.
Contributed a large number of drawings and writings to surrealist publications such as
the London Bulletin, Arson, Fulcrum, Message from Nowhere and Free Unions.
1986 d. Bexhill-on-Sea, England.
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