Brigid Marlin (born 16 January 1936,

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) is an American artist based in

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, UK. She studied in

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and

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where, under the guidance of the Austrian artist Ernst Fuchs, she learned the oil and egg tempera technique (

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) of the Flemish and Italian Renaissance painters

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. In 1961 she founded the ins-cape group, which subsequently became the Society for Art of Imagination. Marlin's paintings typically feature visionary and psychic subjects, often with scriptural themes akin to the

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. One of her best-known paintings 'The Rod' (shown right

won the 1974 ''Visions of the Future'' competition and was greatly admired by J. G. Ballard, J G Ballard, who later commissioned her to reproduce the Belgian surrealist Paul Delvaux's two 'lost' paintings 'The Rape' and 'The Mirror'. Her portrait of Ballard was acquired by the National Portrait Gallery, London, in 1989, and she has also painted portraits of the

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. Marlin is the daughter of artist and children's author

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. She married in 1957, had three sons (the eldest of whom died in 1979) and divorced in 1980. These experiences are documented in her books ''From East to West: Awakening to a Spiritual Search'' and ''A Meaning for Danny''.

Books

* 1989 - ''From East to West: Awakening to a Spiritual Search'' (Brigid Marlin) (Fount) * 1991 - ''Paintings in the Mische Technique'' * 1999 - ''Visions of Venice'' (Christine Marlin, Brigid Marlin) (Byronic Books) * 2007 - ''Metamorphosis'' (being Art) * 2007 - ''Clara and the Computer Mouse'' (Brigid Marlin) * 2012 - ''A Meaning for Danny'' (Brigid Marlin) (Infinity Publishing)

Awards

* 1974 - ''Visions of the Future'', first prize for 'The Rod' * 1984 - International Art Appreciation Award, USA, first prize * 1988 - International Painting Competition, Dublin, first prize

External links

official website

beinArt International Surreal Art Collective

'J G Ballard' by Brigid Marlin
National Portrait Gallery, London

limited edition fine art print by Brigid Marlin
''Unweave A Rainbow''
Brigid Marlin interviewed by Natalie Dekel {{DEFAULTSORT:Marlin, Brigid 1936 births American people of Dutch descent American women artists British people of Dutch descent British women artists Fantastic realism Living people Visionary artists 21st-century American women