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Emmy (Emma Frith) Bridgwater BIOGRAPHY
1906 Birmingham, England - 1999 Solihull, England. Known for: Surrealist paintings, pen and ink drawing, graphics and poetry.
Emmy Bridgwater was the last surviving female member of the original generation of British Surrealist painters. She occupied a distinctive place in the history of Surrealism* in Britain as an... Read full biography
Emmy Bridgwater was the last surviving female member of the original generation of British Surrealist painters. She occupied a distinctive place in the history of Surrealism* in Britain as an "Automatist", using a technique deployed by Surrealists for liberating the imagination and for stimulating... Read full biography
Emmy Bridgwater was the last surviving female member of the original generation of British Surrealist painters. She occupied a distinctive place in the history of Surrealism* in Britain as an "Automatist", using a technique deployed by Surrealists for liberating the imagination and for stimulating the subconscious. She produced a small but highly original output of paintings, drawings, collages* and poetry. Bridgwater was introduced to the London Group in early 1940 by the painter Conroy Maddox... Read full biography
Emmy Bridgwater was the last surviving female member of the original generation of British Surrealist painters. She occupied a distinctive place in the history of Surrealism* in Britain as an "Automatist", using a technique deployed by Surrealists for liberating the imagination and for stimulating the subconscious. She produced a small but highly original output of paintings, drawings, collages* and poetry. Bridgwater was introduced to the London Group in early 1940 by the painter Conroy Maddox and the critic Robert Melville, members of the group who were also living in Birmingham. From that moment on she was committed to the "liberation of the imagination", as theorised by André Breton in his Manifesto of Surrealism, published in Paris in... Read full biography
Emmy Bridgwater was the last surviving female member of the original generation of British Surrealist painters. She occupied a distinctive place in the history of Surrealism* in Britain as an "Automatist", using a technique deployed by Surrealists for liberating the imagination and for stimulating the subconscious. She produced a small but highly original output of paintings, drawings, collages* and poetry. Bridgwater was introduced to the London Group in early 1940 by the painter Conroy Maddox and the critic Robert Melville, members of the group who were also living in Birmingham. From that moment on she was committed to the "liberation of the imagination", as theorised by André Breton in his Manifesto of Surrealism, published in Paris in 1924. In 1942 she held a one-woman exhibition at Jack Bilbo's Modern Art Gallery in London. From 1986, the 60th anniversary year of... Read full biography
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Emmy Bridgwater was the last surviving female member of the original generation of British Surrealist painters. She occupied a distinctive place in the history of Surrealism* in Britain as an "Automatist", using a technique deployed by Surrealists for liberating the imagination and for stimulating the subconscious.
She produced a small but highly original output of paintings, drawings, collages* and poetry. Bridgwater was introduced to the London Group in early 1940 by the painter Conroy Maddox and the critic Robert Melville, members of the group who were also living in Birmingham. From that moment on she was committed to the "liberation of the imagination", as theorised by André Breton in his Manifesto of Surrealism, published i...But wait, there's more...
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