We’re all familiar with stories of brilliant female artists whose talents went entirely unappreciated during their lifetimes. That wasn’t quite the case for Bice Lazzari: born in Venice in 1900, the pioneering painter found a reasonable amount of success as an abstract artist in Italy before her death in 1981. But while she’s now recognised as one of her home country’s most important modern artists, she’s still relatively unknown in the UK. The Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art hopes to rectify this with its new exhibition, Bice Lazzari: Modernist Pioneer, which showcases 40 of Lazzari’s most influential paintings (until 24 April; £7.50; 39A Canonbury Square, London, N1).
Drawn to Lazzari’s minimalist abstractions? Bring her modernist aesthetic into your home with this textured poster (£24.95, Desenio), which nods to her oil painting Blue Architecture. Independent design studios Aff and Jam and Print Punk Studio both make abstract prints that echo the muted colours and minimalist lines that defined Lazzari’s later work (from £20.80). Contemporary British digital artist Adrian Bradbury, meanwhile, uses rich, rusty colours in his framed print Red Sky (£140, King and McGaw) – not unlike those Lazzari was drawn to in the 1950s. Your walls will thank you.