Mary Wykeham was a British painter, printmaker and poet. Throughout her long artistic career, she lived many lives. She was a young trainee nurse in London taking evening art classes at the Slade School of Art; an anti-fascist in Berlin helping Jewish artists flee the Nazi regime; a communist tailed through London by MI5; a Surrealist exhibiting alongside Eileen Agar, Salvador Dalí and René Magritte; and eventually a nun with a higher devotional calling. Throughout these journeys, her art remained a constant activity, and within that, her deep connection to nature. Her landscapes vary from watercolours of idyllic rural scenes on the Isle of Wight where she grew up, to abstract geometrical engravings of the Algerian desert, and paintings of the Sicilian seaside.
In 2024/25, The Hepworth Wakefield presented the largest public showing of Wykeham’s work since her solo show of 1949 at Galerie des Deux Îles, Paris, and marks the donation of a large group of works by this under-recognised Surrealist artist to The Hepworth Wakefield.
Each print is bespoke - it is produced on demand (POD) on fine art paper (280gsm): ideal for museum-quality reproductions and gives a gently textured matt surface, using a SwissQ print system: a state-of-the-art, large-format flatbed printer. Swiss-made, it’s fitted with low energy LED lights and cutting-edge UV printing processes, allowing us to print exceptionally precisely, reduce paper waste, and be more energy efficient. The inks used are vegan, VOC, NVC and TPO free.
Frames are handmade from sustainably sourced wood and acrylic plexiglass. We use 90% UV-protected shatter-resistant acrylic glazing to preserve prints from light damage and bleaching. Cast acrylic is a high-quality material, offering many benefits including 92% optical clarity. Cast acrylic is also fully recyclable
Framed prints are delivered ready to hang.
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