"Pansies" Gouache and graphite on paper, 15 ” x 12 ¼” , 1960. Bishop’s largest and most finished recorded painting.Photo of Elizabeth Bishop for review of Edgar Allan Poe and the Juke-Box. Photo by Joseph BreitenbachWhen the prominent poet Elizabeth Bishop died in 1979 her long time partner and executor Alice Methfessel unearthed a collection of 11 paintings and 2 assemblages that were done by Bishop between 1934-1978. The work spans much of Bishop's adult life, Bishop "worked as a painter as well as a poet, and her verse, like visual art, is known for its ability to capture significant scenes."Methfessel,...
