Laura Gascoigne

Why is the smoky, febrile art of Marcelle Hanselaar so little known?

Her work is in the collections of the Ashmolean and Metropolitan Museum, New York, yet her powerful paintings and etchings remain under the radar

Howl of protest: ‘The Crying Game 4: Remnants of Civilization 1’, 2015, by Marcelle Hanselaar

I first became aware of the work of Marcelle Hanselaar in a mixed exhibition at the Millinery Works in Islington. All I remember now about the show, and my review, is that I said she could teach Paula Rego to suck eggs. From the mischievous energy packed into her small figurative paintings I assumed she was young enough to be Rego’s granddaughter.

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