Pauline Boty | |
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Born | Carshalton, Surrey, England | 6 March 1938
Died | 1 July 1966 London, England | (aged 28)
Nationality | English |
Known for | Painting |
Movement | Pop art |
Spouse |
Clive Goodwin (m. 1963) |
Children | 1 |
Pauline Boty (6 March 1938 – 1 July 1966) was a British painter and co-founder of the 1960s' British Pop art movement of which she was the only acknowledged female member. Boty's paintings and collages often demonstrate a joy in self-assured femininity and female sexuality, as well as criticism (both overt and implicit) of the "man's world" in which she lived. Her rebellious art, combined with her free-spirited lifestyle, has made Boty a herald of 1970s' feminism.