Marlow Moss by Lucy Howarth /// #3

Overview
Marlow Moss (1889–1958) was a British Constructivist artist and a central figure in the development of European non-figurative art.

Moss’s importance to the history of modern art is arguably equal to that of her contemporary and friend Piet Mondrian and yet her name has been relegated to obscurity. A pupil of Ferdinand Léger in Paris and one of the few women within the circle of influential artists in Paris in the late 1920s, Moss’s grid-like paintings, geometric sculptures and abstract reliefs sought to create a universal language of colour and form.

Today, Moss’s work is beginning to be re-examined as a new generation of artists and art historians re-evaluate her contribution to modern art.

In this critical guide to the artist, Lucy Howarth expertly introduces us to many important examples of the artist’s work, found in both private collections and public museums across Europe.

Book Details
64 page hardback with 30+ colour illustrations
ISBN: 978-1-9160416-2-2
Published by Eiderdown Books, September 2019

About the author
Lucy Howarth completed her PhD thesis on Marlow Moss in 2008 and, after a period in the Tate Research Department, co-curated the Moss display, which toured from Tate St Ives, to Leeds Art Gallery, the Jerwood Gallery in Hastings (now Hastings Contemporary) and Tate Britain (2013-15). Lucy was consultant curator for the 2017 Moss exhibition at Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich. She has taught in Fine Art and Art History departments at UK universities, run a contemporary art project space in Margate, and worked for various artists directly. Lucy currently teaches at the University for the Creative Arts in Canterbury, and continues to research Marlow Moss amongst other projects.