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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Rob Walker

‘Bold, outrageous’: forgotten star of swinging 60s pop art finally gets solo show

Pauline Boty, photographed circa 1963. The artist died of cancer in 1966, aged 28.
Pauline Boty, photographed circa 1963. The artist died of cancer in 1966, aged 28. Photograph: Tony Evans/Getty Images

When Marilyn Monroe died in August 1962, the British artist Pauline Boty did what she always did when something happened in the world that affected her. She turned to her easel to paint it.

The resultant pop art picture captured a happy and carefree Marilyn set against a background of red roses, while on either side grey abstract panels seem to close in around her.

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