Gail Brodholt
{{Short description|English artist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}Gail Brodholt is an English artist known primarily for her oil paintings and linocut prints. She lives in Beckenham and works in Woolwich, both in South East London.
Background
Brodholt studied at the School of Fine Art at Kensington University.{{Cite book|last=Dyson|first=Anthony|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vDW_XOBS60sC&q=Anthony+Dyson%2C+Printmakers%27+Secrets%2C+A&pg=PA4|title=Printmakers' Secrets|date=2009-04-06|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-7136-8911-2|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.forartssake.com/gail-brodholt-louise-davies-exhibition/|title=Gail Brodholt & Louise Davies {{!}} Exhibition|date=2015-04-29|website=For Arts Sake|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-04-27}} She was elected an associate of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers (RE) in 2006 and a Fellow in 2009 and was appointed Honorary Curator in 2013.{{Cite web |url=http://www.re-printmaking.com/aboutus.aspx |title=RE: About Us |access-date=17 June 2014 |archive-date=11 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140511015558/http://re-printmaking.com/aboutus.aspx |url-status=dead }}
Work
Brodholt's work is concerned with London and in particular its trains and Underground. Her work is titled after poetry and prose meaningful to her.{{cite web |title=Exhibition: Linocuts by painter and printmaker Gail Brodholt |url=https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/exhibition-linocuts-by-painter-and-printmaker-gail-brodholt/ |website=The South London Press, London Weekly News and Mercury |publisher=South London Press}} She uses vivid colours and strong shapes which give a graphical quality to her work. She has exhibited widely in London and across the UK.[http://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/news/13346823.Gail_s_Queen_of_Suburbs_print_catches_eye_at_Ealing_exhibition/ "Gail's Queen of Suburbs print catches eye at Ealing exhibition"]. Ealing Times. Monday 22 June 2015 Her technique has been described in detail in the book Printmakers' SecretsDyson, Anthony (2009) Printmakers' Secrets A&C Black, p32 {{ISBN|978-0-7136-8911-2}} and the book Still Life.{{cite book|author1=Betsy Hosegood|author2=Henrietta Hosegood|title=Still Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fSSLVdlU1gAC|year=2000|publisher=Rotovision|isbn=978-2-88046-477-6|page=34}}
Brodholt's work is also displayed at the London Transport Museum,[https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/secret-london-illustrators-uncover-our-hidden-city-8316731.html "Secret London... illustrators uncover our hidden city".] London Evening Standard.[http://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/4625549.print/ "Painting goes on the road"]. This is Oxford. and was part of an art installation at Blackfriars Station in 2009.[http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/4091 "Bankside Gallery installs exhibition on Blackfriars Bridge"]. London SE1, 10 September 2009
Awards
Brodholt was awarded the 2018 Printfest Printmaker of the Year title.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nwemail.co.uk/what-s-on/article/Printmaker-of-the-Year-announced-as-Printfest-deadline-draws-near-3f6c334c-927c-48e2-a50f-18ce9dcb6bef-ds|title=Printmaker of the Year announced as Printfest deadline draws near {{!}} The Mail|website=www.nwemail.co.uk|date=7 November 2017 |language=en-GB|access-date=2018-01-01}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.gailbrodholt.com Official website]
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