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1899 Buenos Aires, Argentina - 1991 London, England. Known for: Surrealist paintings, assemblage, photography, collage, found object art.
Eileen Agar was an English painter of Argentine birth. She arrived in England in 1906; in 1924 she studied with Leon Underwood (1890-1975), and she attended the Slade School of Fine Art*, London,... Read full biography
Eileen Agar was an English painter of Argentine birth. She arrived in England in 1906; in 1924 she studied with Leon Underwood (1890-1975), and she attended the Slade School of Fine Art*, London, from 1925 to 1926; she also studied art in Paris from 1928 to 1930. She was a member of the London... Read full biography
Eileen Agar was an English painter of Argentine birth. She arrived in England in 1906; in 1924 she studied with Leon Underwood (1890-1975), and she attended the Slade School of Fine Art*, London, from 1925 to 1926; she also studied art in Paris from 1928 to 1930. She was a member of the London group from 1933, and her work was selected by Roland Penrose and Herbert Read for the International Surrealist Exhibition* at the New Burlington Galleries, London, in 1936. Agar exhibited with the... Read full biography
Eileen Agar was an English painter of Argentine birth. She arrived in England in 1906; in 1924 she studied with Leon Underwood (1890-1975), and she attended the Slade School of Fine Art*, London, from 1925 to 1926; she also studied art in Paris from 1928 to 1930. She was a member of the London group from 1933, and her work was selected by Roland Penrose and Herbert Read for the International Surrealist Exhibition* at the New Burlington Galleries, London, in 1936. Agar exhibited with the Surrealists* both in England and abroad. From 1936 she experimented with automatic techniques and new materials, taking photographs and making collages and objects. By the 1960s she was producing Tachist paintings with Surrealist elements. * For more... Read full biography
Eileen Agar was an English painter of Argentine birth. She arrived in England in 1906; in 1924 she studied with Leon Underwood (1890-1975), and she attended the Slade School of Fine Art*, London, from 1925 to 1926; she also studied art in Paris from 1928 to 1930. She was a member of the London group from 1933, and her work was selected by Roland Penrose and Herbert Read for the International Surrealist Exhibition* at the New Burlington Galleries, London, in 1936. Agar exhibited with the Surrealists* both in England and abroad. From 1936 she experimented with automatic techniques and new materials, taking photographs and making collages and objects. By the 1960s she was producing Tachist paintings with Surrealist elements. * For more in-depth information about the terms in this biography that have an asterisk* see AskART.com. Glossary http://www.askart.com/AskA... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Photography as Fine Art
Art Media
Art Style
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Association
- •British/London Surrealist Group
- •Women's International Art Club
Art School
- •Byam Shaw School of Art, London, Student
- •Slade School of Art, London, Student
Exhibition of Special Group
- •London International Surrealist Exhibition