Born in 1919, Maria Lassnig has been producing work over a period of 60 years in Paris, New York and Vienna

Spell (2006). The critical consensus is that Lassnig's recent work is among her most fascinating

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Hospital (Krankenhaus) is one of a long series of what she calls 'body-awareness paintings'

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Three Ways of Being. According to the Serpentine's description, "Lassnig uses bold forms and strong colours to create portraits and semi-figurative abstractions"

The World Destroyer (Der Weltzertrülmmerer). This 2003 work of oil on canvas is an example of the role nudity plays in her work

The Illegitimate Bride. Lassnig's viewpoint has been described as feminist and she became the first female professor of painting in a German-speaking country at Vienna University of Applied Arts in 1980

Couple (2005). The powerful bodily sensation of being wrapped in plastic is an image Lassnig has visited on more than one occasion

Maria Lassnig, Self-Portrait with Cooking Pot (Selbsporträt mit Kochtopf),

1995