Eileen Agar
1899–1991
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Eileen Forrester Agar (1 December 1899 – 17 November 1991) was a British painter and photographer associated with the Surrealist movement.
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Read full Wikipedia entryArtworks
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Eileen Agar Angel of Anarchy
1936–40 -
Eileen Agar The Autobiography of an Embryo
1933–4 -
Eileen Agar Three Symbols
1930 -
Eileen Agar Head of Dylan Thomas
1960 -
Eileen Agar Figures in a Garden
1979–81 -
Eileen Agar Marine Object
1939 -
Eileen Agar The Reaper
1938 -
Eileen Agar Fish Basket
c.1965
Film and audio
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Eileen Agar: a British Surrealist
Enter the mind of Eileen Agar through her letters, sketches and collected objects
Features
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Behind The Scenes
Archives & Access project: Animating the Archives – a new video series
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Assemblage
Assemblage is art that is made by assembling disparate elements – often everyday objects – scavenged by the artist or … -
Tate Papers
Perspectives: Negotiating the Archive
Archives are more prominent than ever, not only in art practice and theoretical discourse but also in popular culture. An … -
Tate Etc
MicroTate 9: Angel of Anarchy
Kate Davis reflects on Eileen Agar’s Angel of Anarchy 1936–40 -
Tate Papers
The 'Comic Sublime’ : Eileen Agar at Ploumanac’h
In 1936 the English surrealist Eileen Agar photographed the extraordinary rock formations at Ploumanac'h in Brittany. This paper examines the … -
Tate Papers
Tate Papers no.4: Autumn 2005
Tate Papers no.4, Autumn 2006, featuring Joseph Beuys, Eileen Agar, Gainsborough and Emila Medková
Sketches, letters, etc.
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Eileen Agar Black and white glass lantern slide of Julian Mackintosh on a horse
[c.1930–60] -
Paul Nash, recipient: Eileen Agar Drawing of birds with pencil note at the bottom reading ‘a goose bone to the seagulls (old saying)’
[1935–46] -
Paul Nash, recipient: Eileen Agar Letter from Paul Nash to Eileen Agar
[8 October 1936] -
Paul Nash, recipient: Eileen Agar ‘Aerial Flowers’, by Paul Nash
1947
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