Ithell Colquhoun (
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A writer, poet, and surrealist artist, Colquhoun was born in India and educated at Cheltenham College and the Slade. She was especially interested in surrealism and the occult. Colquhoun first lived at Lamorna in Vow Cave Studio from 1947 and later moved to a cottage in Paul. Her 1957 book The Living Stones details her establishment of her studio and her layered, numinous interactions with Cornish history and landscape.
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Sunset Birth by Ithell Colquhoun c.1942
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Ithell Colquhoun by Man Ray
Date of birth
09 October 1906
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Shillong, British India
Date of death
11 April 1988
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