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Agathe Sorel

1935 – 2020

The Wise and Foolish Virgin 1966
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Agathe Sorel (born 1935, Budapest) is a London-based artist of Hungarian descent, specializing in painting, sculpture, printmaking and livres d’artiste. She is a Member of the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, as well as a founding member of the Printmakers Council and was its Chairman in 1981-1983. She was one of the first artists who experimented with making objects and sculptures using print techniques.

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Of Biplanes and Catamarans

Agathe Sorel
1976
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The Wise and Foolish Virgin

Agathe Sorel
1966
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