This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition of works on paper by thirty-eight 20th-century British women artists in a display of over 50 watercolours and pastels, complemented by etchings and screenprints. These were executed in a variety of media and are made up of preliminary studies,...

This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition of works on paper by thirty-eight 20th-century British women artists in a display of over 50 watercolours and pastels, complemented by etchings and screenprints. These were executed in a variety of media and are made up of preliminary studies, cartoons for mural projects and finished works.

The artists Vanessa Bell, Winifred Knights, Ithell Colquhoun, Annie French, Lucy Kemp-Welch, Thérèse Lessore, Hilda Carline and Paule Vézelay are all represented, as well as other accomplished but lesser-known female artists working in the first part of the 20th century. The exhibition includes some works from private collections as well as pictures from the Laing collection.

Born in Stafford in 1965, Paul Liss is a fine art dealer and exhibition organiser. He joined Sotheby’s as a Bursary student prior to working for Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox. He has created numerous catalogues/exhibtions such as Stanley Lewis (Cecil Higgens, 2010), Alan Sorrell (John Soane Museum, 2013) Evelyn Dunbar (Pallant House, 2015), WWI and WWII (Morley Gallery London, 2014 and 2016). He founded Liss Llewellyn Fine Art in 1991.