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Episode 8: Madge Gill

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Description

Madge Gill was a British Outsider artist and Medium during the first half of the 20th century. She produced hundreds of works in various mediums but generally preferred ink on paper. She credited all of her creative output to her spirit guide, Myrninerest, who possessed her one day in her 30s.

Photos

  • Madge Gill at the Eades Family Home c.1904. Courtesy Betty Newman.
  • Madge Gill, self-portrait with spirit drawing and signature by Gill’s spirit guide, Myrninerest (upper left), no date.. source: https://wrldrels.org/2018/03/07/madge-gill/
  • A selection of Madge Gill postcards at William Morris Gallery. Photographed by Nicola Tree
  • Madge Gill working on a section of a large pen and ink piece on fabric at her home in East Ham, London, 1947. Courtesy: Westwood/Paul Popper/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images
  • Madge Gill drawing on calico with black ink on her billiard table in her home in Upton Park, London, c. 1938. source: https://wrldrels.org/2018/03/07/madge-gill
  • untitled, n.d., ink on paper, photo source: https://www.outsiderartfair.com/artists/madge-gill#3
  • Gill, Madge; Faces*; London Borough of Newham; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/faces-249224
  • Madge Gill hanging one of her artworks in the garden of her home in Plashet Grove, East Ham, London, 1947. Courtesy: Westwood/Paul Popper/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images
  • English artist Madge Gill (Maude Ethel Eades, 1882 – ?1961) making a rug by inserting left over strands of silk into a canvas backing, 19th August 1947. The rug contains at least two million stiches and is the result of six months’ work. (Photo by Paul Popper/Popperfoto/Getty Images)
  • One of the 11 Madge Gill embroideries which were rediscovered in 2018. Collection Patricia Berger. Photo: Paul Tucker
  • One of the 11 Madge Gill embroideries which were rediscovered in 2018. Collection Patricia Berger. Photo: Paul Tucker
  • One of the 11 Madge Gill embroideries which were rediscovered in 2018. Collection Patricia Berger. Photo: Paul Tucker
  • One of the 11 Madge Gill embroideries which were rediscovered in 2018. Collection Patricia Berger. Photo: Paul Tucker
  • One of the 11 Madge Gill embroideries which were rediscovered in 2018. Collection Patricia Berger. Photo: Paul Tucker
  • One of the 11 Madge Gill embroideries which were rediscovered in 2018. Collection Patricia Berger. Photo: Paul Tucker
  • One of the 11 Madge Gill embroideries which were rediscovered in 2018. Collection Patricia Berger. Photo: Paul Tucker

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