Delighted to get a phone call from Lida Hatrick, who was in the Masterclass with me.Born in the Czech Republic she came to the UK and took a degree in English and Russian at Edinburgh University.
It was Lida who explained Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" to us one morning during coffee break when Paolozzi asked if we were familiar with the book.
Only Lida had read it. She gave a brilliant resume which impressed even Paolozzi.
Today Lida lives in the Scottish Borders where she is a practising artist. We have arranged for her to come to Bridge of Allan in September and she will bring alaong her diary and photos from that time.
She recalls how fraught she felt during the first few days of that Masterclass and wrote her diary all in Czech so nobody could possibly read it!
Artist George Donald, co-organiser of the course along wih Geraldine Prince, lives near Lida on the Borders and visited her the other morning for coffee . That'show she learnt about the book.
Thank you George!
Paolozzi Revealed by Ann Shaw, price £12.95 .
Available from &Collectivegallery, Bridge of Allan, and Amazon. Also stocked in Blackwell's and The Fruitmarket gallery in Edinburgh and Waterstones in Stirling.
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