Editing D. H. Lawrence (section)

==Painting==
D. H. Lawrence had a lifelong interest in painting, which became one of his main forms of expression in his last years. His paintings were exhibited at the Warren Gallery in London's [[Mayfair]] in 1929. The exhibition was extremely controversial, with many of the 13,000 people visiting mainly to gawk. The ''[[Daily Express]]'' claimed, "''Fight with an Amazon'' represents a hideous, bearded man holding a fair-haired woman in his lascivious grip while wolves with dripping jaws look on expectantly, [this] is frankly indecent".<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_V4xBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA339|title=Lake Garda: Gateway to D. H. Lawrence's Voyage to the Sun. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2013|date=13 November 2013|isbn=9781443854139|last1=Ceramella|first1=Nick|publisher=Cambridge Scholars }}</ref> However, several artists and art experts praised the paintings. [[Gwen John]], reviewing the exhibition in ''[[Everyman (magazine)|Everyman]]'', spoke of Lawrence's "stupendous gift of self-expression" and singled out ''The Finding of Moses'', ''Red Willow Trees'' and ''Boccaccio Story'' as "pictures of real beauty and great vitality". Others singled out ''Contadini'' for special praise. After a complaint, the police seized thirteen of the twenty-five paintings, including ''Boccaccio Story'' and ''Contadini''. Despite declarations of support from many writers, artists, and [[Member of Parliament#United Kingdom|members of Parliament]], Lawrence was able to recover his paintings only by agreeing never to exhibit them in England again. Years after his death, his widow Frieda asked artist and friend [[Joseph Glasco]] to arrange an exhibition of Lawrence's paintings, which he discussed with his gallerist Catherine Viviano.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Raeburn |first=Michael |title=Joseph Glasco: The Fifteenth American |publisher=Cacklegoose Press |year=2015 |isbn=9781611688542 |location=London |pages=127, 139 |language=English}}</ref> The largest collection of the paintings is now at La Fonda de Taos<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lafondataos.com/activity/d-h-lawrence-forbidden-art/|title=Art Galleries in Taos NM &#124; Hotel La Fonda de Taos}}</ref> hotel in [[Taos, New Mexico]]. Several others, including ''Boccaccio Story'' and ''Resurrection'', are at the Humanities Research Centre of the [[University of Texas at Austin]].