WORK OF THE MONTH: ARTISTIC CIRCLES
Marianne Straub’s scrapbook will be on show for two more weeks in the Fry Gallery in the ‘Interwoven Lives’ exhibition. For this penultimate week, we once again show you the extraordinary breadth of Marianne’s artistic circles. 1: is an example of the little...
Work of the week 67: A colourful Christmas with Miss Straub
If you go to the Fry Gallery this week, you will see this selection of cards from Marianne Straub’s scrapbook: 1: Centaur and ballerina by painter, designer and illustrator George Mackie 2: Graphic card from furniture designer and fellow member of the Society of...
Work of the week 66: Marianne’s artistic friends
Work by Marianne Straub’s artistic friends fills many pages of her scrapbook. This double-page spread is on show in the Fry Gallery now. Misha Black drew these cheerful cats (1). One of the key figures in design in the UK in the twentieth century, Misha had a long...