Kathleen Guthrie (English, 1905-1981)

Biography

Kathleen Guthrie trained at the Slade School of Art and Royal Academy Schools. In 1927, she married the artist Robin Guthrie and moved to America in 1931. In 1932, she had her first solo exhibition at the Grace Horne Gallery in Boston. The Guthries returned to England the following year and settled in Sussex but the pair got divorced in 1937. In 1941, Guthrie married Cecil Stephenson, an abstract artist and the pair settled in Hampstead. Guthrie explored abstraction throughout this time. In addition to painting, Guthrie created silkscreens of her husband’s most famous designs as well as her own abstract pieces. Especially striking is her series of abstract silkscreens with combinations of pure colour, produced throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Guthrie became one of the most accomplished silkscreen artists of her generation. Guthrie was a member of the London Group and showed at the Royal Academy.

Related artists

Terry Frost / Adrian Heath / Ben Nicholson / Alexander MacKenzie / Roy Conn / Prunella Clough / Sandra Blow / Rosina Rogers

Available works

Please see below the selection of available original artworks by Kathleen Guthrie.