ICONS of the ART WORLD
As momentum grows to redress the gender imbalance in the arts, we celebrate female British artists who’ve been inspiring us for decades.
MAGGI HAMBLING
K nown for intricate sea and landscapes, Hambling, 75, now a CBE, is also a sculptor. Her 2020 statue of Mary Wollstonecraft sparked controversy for portraying her naked – a choice the artist vehemently defended. She also sculpted Oscar Wilde’s memorial in London’s Charing Cross. Maggi Hambling’s 2020 exhibition at Marlborough Gallery, London, showed Lion in Enclosure, 2019, Young Dancing Bear, 2019,
