Yasmin David (1939–2009) was a British landscape painter. She was the daughter of Lorna Garman Wishart and

Laurie Lee Laurence Edward Alan Lee, (26 June 1914 – 13 May 1997) was an English poet, novelist and screenwriter, who was brought up in the small village of Slad in Gloucestershire. His most notable work is the autobiographical trilogy '' Cider w ...

. Many of her works were only exhibited posthumously. Since her death, her daughter, documentary filmmaker Clio David, discovered over 200 unseen paintings and drawings at the family home in Devon, leading to a solo exhibition of her work at

The New Art Gallery Walsall The New Art Gallery Walsall is a modern and contemporary art gallery in the town of Walsall, in the West Midlands, England. It was built with £21 million of public funding, including £15.75 million from the UK National Lottery and additiona ...

in the summer of 2021. Yasmine's work in this gallery explores the beauty of the

Devon Devon ( ; historically also known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel to the north, Somerset and Dorset to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Cornwall to the west ...

landscape near

Dartmoor Dartmoor is an upland area in southern Devon, South West England. The moorland and surrounding land has been protected by National Park status since 1951. Dartmoor National Park covers . The granite that forms the uplands dates from the Carb ...

. She lived in Luscombe in

for most of her life. She also lived in Sicily and Cape Town, until her death in 2009. Her half-brother

Michael Wishart John Michael Wishart (June 12, 1928 – June 29, 1996) known as Michael Wishart, was an English figurative painter who spent most of his career in France, America and North Africa. A friend of Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud, he published a memoir ...

was also a painter. She was married to Jungian psychologist, Julian David, and they had three children.

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