ST IVES, ENGLAND — For Ithell Colquhoun, the world was alive. Energies, mythical forces, and solar alignments imbued landscapes with powers that wove together human beings, ecologies, and the cosmos, ...
Surrealist, occultist, mystical devotee of the ancient Celts, modern-day druid: The visionary artist Ithell Colquhoun (1906-1988) seems, at first glance, like one of those unbeatable eccentrics who ...
In the rush to rediscover artists who have been unfairly marginalized by art history’s reverence for white men, a new name is coming to the fore. The painter, writer, and occultist Ithell Colquhoun ...
When Ithell Colquhoun passed away in 1988 at the age of 81, her death went unnoticed. This summer, Tate Britain is giving her a comprehensive retrospective in London, following its initial ...