She is most well known for her wallpaper designs, even though she only got into that field when she was in her sixties. It just goes to show it's never too late to do what you want, and if you don't know what you want, it's never too late to discover it.
Although wallpaper is undoubtedly less popular than it once was, the beauty of the designs of her wallpapers has easily carried through from the 60's and 70's to today in a timeless manner. When looking at her wallpaper designs it's hard not to think of all of the places she's been, all of the things that influenced her and her work as she was travelling all over the world throughout her life. I can just imagine all of the things she's lived through and all of the stories she's told. Whether the stories are true or false (she was known to tell tales and twist the truth) is not important, what's important is that these stories have come from her experiences and from her mind, and when she was living they had somehow become a twisted reality for her.
From an early age she began travelling performing as a singer and in a comedy troupe, she then went on to start an academy, own a boutique, exhibit paintings and eventually start her internationally successful handprinted wallpaper company. She lived such a creative and fulfilled life, which seems like such an exciting prospect. It seems she was always reinventing herself while always remaining a fascinating person.
Florence Broadhurt's life was cut short when she was brutally murdered in her studio in 1977 (her murder remains a mystery), but she lives on in her work. She was such an eccentric character and the fact that she was so productive and inventive throughout her life is inspiring. I only hope for a life as fascinating and full of creativity as Florence's was.
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