Sandra Blow
| Sandra Blow | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Sandra Betty Blow 14 September 1925 London, England |
| Died | 22 August 2006 (aged 80) Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, England |
| Cause of death | Cerebral haemorrhage |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Website | sandrablow |
Sandra Betty Blow RA (14 September 1925 – 22 August 2006) was an English abstract painter. Born in London, she suffered scarlet fever as a child, spending weekends and holidays at her grandparents' fruit farm. There she spent time painting, before enrolling at Saint Martin's School of Art in 1941. In 1947, she travelled to Italy to study art, enrolling in Accademia di Belle Arti, where she met Alberto Burri, her partner for a few years.
Blow and Burri travelled Italy before working together in Paris, and Burri was a significant influence on Blow, teaching her to work in different materials and inspiring a passion for art.
Sandra Betty Blow was born on 14 September 1925 in Newington, London. She came from a Jewish family; her father, Jacob, who was a fruit wholesaler, and her mother had three children, Sandra was the second. During her childhood, Blow spent weekends and holidays in Kent at her grandparents' fruit farm.
In 1934, Blow suffered with scarlet fever, followed by rheumatic fever, from which her heart never fully recovered. After attending a local primary school, Blow was educated at a private girls school. At the age of fourteen, Blow was evacuated with her mother and two brothers to Paddock Wood in Kent, near her grandparents' fruit farm, where she spent her time reading, drawing and painting.
Blow enrolled at Saint Martin's School of Art in 1941, where she studied until 1946 under teachers including Ruskin Spear. During this time she joined the artists' social scene, meeting people such as Lucian Freud, John Minton and Francis Bacon. She spent a short period in 1947 at the Royal Academy schools, but found the teaching dull, so instead travelled to Italy to study classic art. There she was inspired by Nicolas Carone to enrol at Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome. There she met Alberto Burri, with whom she began a relationship and travelled Italy during 1948.
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