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SUMMARY:Lent Term Lecture 2 - ‘The Life and Work of MacDonald Gill: mapm
 aker and artist ’ by Caroline Walker\, Andrew Johnston and Angela Johnst
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CONTACT:Ellen Bazeley-White
DESCRIPTION:When Priscilla\, the daughter of calligrapher Edward Johnston\
 , died in 1984\, her nephew Andrew Johnston inherited not just her cottage
 \, but also a treasure trove of memorabilia and artwork linked to her firs
 t husband\, the graphic artist and pictorial mapmaker MacDonald Gill.   Th
 is collection formed the basis of the exhibition Out of the Shadows: MacDo
 nald Gill which took place in 2011 at the University of Brighton and 2013 
 at the Pitzhanger Manor Gallery in Ealing.  In 2006\, at the same time as 
 the exhibition was first mooted\, Caroline Walker\, Max’s great-niece\, 
 who had begun to research his life\, contacted Andrew.  She was astounded 
 by the quantity and quality of material – poster maps\, family photos\, 
 letters\, scrap books and original artwork\, which revealed not just the g
 enius of Max’s art\, but also the personality and life story of the arti
 st himself.   Years of reading and photographing ensued!  Andrew’s wife 
 Angela then undertook the mammoth task of organising and documenting this 
 mountain of material.  Meanwhile\, she also became fascinated in the love 
 story of Max and Priscilla\, which is vividly described in the journals Pr
 iscilla kept throughout her life.\n\nThis talk will reflect the differing 
 interests of the three speakers.  Andrew will discuss how Max’s works\, 
 especially his pictorial maps\, document the world in which he lived\, fro
 m the Edwardian era to the Second World War.  Caroline will focus on Max
 ’s life\, influences and career\, with special mention of his work at th
 e SPRI\, while Angela will talk about the relationship between Max and Pri
 scilla Johnston. \n
LOCATION:SPRI Lecture Theatre\, Lensfield Road
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