Representative work by Pauline Boty
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Pauline Boty

1938–1966 · British

  • Royal College of Art
  • Wallington High School for Girls
  • Wimbledon College of Arts

Pauline Boty was the only female painter closely associated with the first generation of British Pop. Her paintings and collages combined celebrity imagery, sexual politics, contemporary events and saturated color. Her career was cut short by cancer at twenty-eight, and her work was largely neglected for decades before substantial reassessment.

Painting; collage; acting

Artist Films

Major Works

  • 1963The Only Blonde in the World
  • 1962Colour Her Gone
  • 1962With Love to Jean-Paul Belmondo
  • 19635-4-3-2-1
  • 1964It’s a Man’s World I
  • 1965–66It’s a Man’s World II
  • 1963Scandal ’63
  • 1966BUM
  • 1962–63Portrait of Derek Marlowe with Unknown Ladies
  • 1963My Colouring Book

Interviews & Writing

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