Sandra Blow was a British artist who was deeply rooted within the Post-War British art scene spanning across several decades. She attended Central Saint Martin’s School of Art at the age of 15 and engaged with prominent figures such as Lucian Freud and John Milton. She was a member of the Chelsea Arts Club and mixed with Dame Elizabeth Frink and Francis Bacon.

Blow pioneered a fresh take on abstraction using often discarded materials such as sawdust and plaster alongside paint, and was among the first to work in abstraction at such large scale. She took much inspiration from her collaboration and companionship with Italian artist Alberto Burri in 1947, where she spent time traveling across Italy and France. She showed alongside ...