Windmill
Andrews was part of the Grosvenor School, a group of artists influenced by Futurism, which celebrated the dynamism and movement of the machine age. 'Windmill' was produced when Andrews shared a studio with Cyril Power in Hammersmith, a time in which Andrews produced an extraordinary body of work. In 'Windmill', she expresses the rhythms of nature through the wind, harnessed by this man-made machine. The model for this linocut was Elmers Mill, an old post windmill at the village of Woolpit, near Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. Post windmills are so named because the main body or structure of the mill is attached, or balanced, on an upright post. By mounting the body (‘buck’) in this way, it can rotate to catch the variable direction of the winds. Andrews sets the viewpoint from below, emphasising the rotating blades that dominate the sky. The form is streamlined and stylized, curving and pointed, increasing the sense of dynamic movement.
1933
linocut
31.0 x 21.0cm
2
© Estate of Sybil Andrews, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Image courtesy of The Ingram Collection
This work is part of The Ingram Collection of Modern British & Contemporary Art and was on loan to the Lightbox for the exhibition "Redressing the balance: Women Artists from The Ingram Collection" (11 August - 20 September 2020).
This work is part of The Ingram Collection of Modern British & Contemporary Art and was on loan to the Lightbox for the exhibition "Redressing the balance: Women Artists from The Ingram Collection" (11 August - 20 September 2020).
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Sybil Andrews, Windmill
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