Maggi Hambling
In\xa0Episode\xa011 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the legendary British painter and sculptor, MAGGI HAMBLING!\n\nAnd WOW was it fun (and definitely an experience!) to visit the very brilliant Maggi in her South London studio to speak about her extensive and incredible five decades-and-counting career.\n\nKnown for her portraits of the likes of comedian Max Wall to chemist Dorothy Hodgkin, sublime depictions of seascapes, public sculptures that include a 4-metre high steel 'Scallop' on Aldeburgh Beach, Maggi is always one to give her viewer some sort of immediate reaction, whether that be physical, emotional, or at times, controversial.\n\nBorn in 1945, Maggi grew up in rural Suffolk with her two older siblings \u2013 which we discuss weren't particularly happy about her being a girl \u2013 before going on to study under Cedric Morris and Lett Haines, and later Camberwell, and the Slade School of Art.\n\nIn this episode \u2013\xa0which starts with a little surprise \u2013 we discuss the artist's upbringing and beginnings with art, what led her to become top in her class age 15, her time being the first artist in residence at London\u2019s National Gallery in 1980, to painting the truth in comedians, dealing with grief through painting (referencing her nickname Maggi "coffin" Hambling!), and how it was through art that she could 'get closer to the man in the street'.\n\nThis was one of the most incredible experiences of my life. Maggi is not just a brilliant artist but a hilarious person who tells tales from her fascinating career, all whilst smoking at least nine or so cigarettes over the course of our interview \u2013\xa0listen out for the lighters! \n\nWORKS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE\xa0\nDorothy Hodgkin, 1985\nhttps://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw07497/Dorothy-Hodgkin\nMax Wall, 1981\xa0\nhttps://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/hambling-max-wall-and-his-image-t03542\nStephen Fry, 1993\nhttps://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw09544/Stephen-Fry\nFather, Late December, 1997\xa0\nhttps://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/hambling-father-late-december-1997-t07835\nFilm of Maggi by Tate:\xa0\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4-4Syn1pmE\nFurther reading on her seascapes:\xa0\nhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4px9CyGCzjPWBYKFn8BgmXC/stormy-waters-maggi-hambling-returns-to-the-national\n\nThank you for listening!!\nThis episode is sponsored by the National Art Pass/ @artfund: https://bit.ly/32HJVDk \nTo receive a free tote bag with your National Art Pass, enter the code GREAT at checkout! \n\nFollow us:\nKaty Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel\nRecorded by Joel Price\nSound editing by @_ellieclifford\nArtwork by @thisisaliceskinner\nMusic by Ben Wetherfield\n\nhttps://www.thegreatwomenartists.com/