Deb McGuire / Mary Linwood: Making Meaning podcast Episode 49

Deb McGuire is back! We recording a long conversation and I’ve split it into two episodes, of which this is the second. I suggest you start with Episode 48 first, as that’s where Deb introduces herself and her work. This is a continuation of our chat which focusses more on Mary Linwood and my forthcoming exhibition about her (opening 13th September at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery). Much like the first episode, this is a fun chat between two people really fascinated by Mary Linwood’s life and work.

Leicester’s Mary Linwood (1755-1845) was a celebrity artist in the early 1800s but has largely been forgotten. For this exhibition, contemporary textile artist Ruth Singer explores the life and legacy of Linwood.She made detailed embroidered versions of famous paintings by British artists in a technique called needle painting. Linwood was an innovator and entrepreneur as well as a talented artist. Alongside her Leicester school for young ladies, she exhibited her embroidered works in touring exhibitions and created the first gallery to be run by a woman in London. In her lifetime she was supported by the wealthy and powerful and very well-known and respected. Since her death she has been widely ignored and largely undervalued. 

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Mary Linwood

Deb McGuire

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