Lydia Corbett Ceramics

At 19 lydia corbett then called sylvette david became picasso s muse.

Lydia corbett ceramics.

Incorporating the artist s personally curated space. The sylvette series is now seen as one of picasso s most diverse and experimental bodies of work to be inspired by a single woman. The daughter of a potter she also creates ceramic figures and vessels of exaggerated perspective as distinctive in style as her painting. Lydia corbett was born in paris in 1934 to an influential art dealer based in the champs elysees and his wife a studio potter.

Lydia corbett s work is always joyful to look at and this latest exhibition of her work shows new paintings as well as previously unseen earlier works from her studio. A bevy of artists had an ongoing intrigue with the creative exploits of pablo picasso in france during the mid century and that fascination was further enhanced when sylvette david lydia corbett became his muse in the 50 s. She appears in over over 60 of picasso s works including the famous chicago sculpture. At 19 lydia corbett then called sylvette david became picasso s muse.

Her distinctive blond hair and ponytail inspired decorative illustrations of stylized. At the age of nineteen lydia had moved to vallauris in the south of france with her mother who worked at a pottery studio in the town. Monday 1 october 2018 from 6pm 9pm invitation only the exhibition continues tuesday 2 october sunday 7 october 10am 5pm daily. Closing at 1pm on the final day mall galleries the mall.

Sylvette david aka lydia corbett at vallauris market. As a small child she grew up free on a naturist island off the southern coast of france moving during the war to a safe enclave in the eastern mountains her mother. An exhibition of paintings sculpture and ceramics by lydia corbett. Her main body of work comprises of watercolours with pen and indian ink which depict her entire life.

Monday 1 october 2018 from 6pm 9pm invitation only the exhibition continues tuesday 2 october sunday 7 october 10am 5pm daily. Lydia s style has often been likened to that of chagall. Lydia corbett formerly sylvette david is picasso s girl with the ponytail. Photo steven haywood.

Wia met lydia corbett on the eve of her london retrospective to talk creativity inspiration and fighting off picasso s advances. Or i see elements of expressionism in her work but always. Ceramics lydia corbett s ceramics are an integral and necessary part of her oeuvre as an artist and her work sometimes recalls elements from antiquity such as the paintings of the early roman or etruscan pottery or cretan beaked jugs and yet also might recall ken kiff and the unselfconsciousness of karel appel or asger jorn. Love peace hope.

Incorporating the artist s personally curated space. He was immediately entranced and immortalised her in a series of paintings ceramics and sculptures. The works on show will include oils and watercolours along with ceramics and other three dimensional works. Love peace hope.

Lydia corbett lives in south devon and is a painter and ceramicist.