Grace Winifred Pailthorpe
Classical Surrealism WatercolorDrawingPainting
About
Grace Winifred Pailthorpe (1883–1971) was a British surrealist painter, surgeon, psychoanalyst, and psychology researcher renowned for her pioneering work in Psychorealism and art therapy. Born into a conservative Plymouth Brethren family, she initially studied music at the Royal College of Music before pursuing medicine, qualifying as a doctor in 1914. During World War I, she served as a surgeon in military hospitals in Paris, London, and Liverpool. Post-war, she delved into psychoanalysis, conducting research on criminal psychology at Birmingham and Holloway Prisons, publishing on delinquency, and founding the Association for the Scientific Treatment of Criminals, which evolved into the Portman Clinic.[1][2][3]
Surrealism, Psychorealism
Selected Exhibitions
- International Surrealist Exhibition, London (1936)
- A Tale of Mother’s Bones: Grace Pailthorpe, Reuben Mednikoff and the Birth of Psychorealism, Camden Arts Centre (2019)
- Sluice Gates of the Mind, Leeds City Art Gallery (1998)
- Women Artists of the British Surrealist Movement, 1930-1990 (1992)
- Angels of Anarchy, Leeds City Art Gallery (1986)
- Tate Gallery