Carole Gibbons, Persephone, 1971
Hales is delighted to announce that three works by Carole Gibbons – Persephone, 1971, Self-portrait, 1977 and Family Portrait, 1977 – have been acquired by Tate Gallery, purchased with funds provided by the Nicholas Themans Trust 2025.
From an early age Gibbons has been fascinated by mythology, drawing upon themes throughout her paintings and drawings. Evacuated to the Highlands in 1941, her mother sent books on Greek myths which were formative to her being.
Persephone, an important early landscape, speaks to mythic tableau as Gibbons reimagines the story of the Greek goddess Persephone. Gibbons' paintings have their own 'logic' and 'atmosphere’ within formal explorations of colour, surface and uncanny pictorial organization.
February 9, 2026
