Lilian Somerville: The Woman Behind the Post-War British Art Boom

Lilian Somerville: The Woman Behind the Post-War British Art Boom

23 Dering Street London, W1S 1AW, United Kingdom Wednesday, October 19, 2022–Friday, November 11, 2022


watcher vi by lynn chadwick

Lynn Chadwick

Watcher VI, 1961

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yellow autumn from a terrace by ivon hitchens

Ivon Hitchens

Yellow Autumn from a Terrace, 1948

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reclining figures by henry moore

Henry Moore

Reclining Figures, 1943

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In the course of many exhibitions of post war British art curated at Osborne Samuel, one name would continually arise – that of Lilian Somerville. She was the Director of the British Council’s Fine Arts Department from 1948 to 1970.