Eileen Agar

1899–1991

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Biography

Eileen Forrester Agar (1 December 1899 – 17 November 1991) was a British-Argentinian painter and photographer associated with the Surrealist movement.

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Artworks

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Eileen Agar Head of Dylan Thomas

1960
Eileen Agar Three Symbols

1930
Eileen Agar The Autobiography of an Embryo

1933–4
Eileen Agar Marine Object

1939
Eileen Agar Angel of Anarchy

1936–40
Eileen Agar Fish Basket

c.1965
Eileen Agar The Reaper

1938
Eileen Agar Figures in a Garden

1979–81

Film and audio

Look Closer

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

Rebecca Sinker

Transforming Tate Britain, Archives & Access
Art Term

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

Sue Breakell

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

Kate Davis reflects on Eileen Agar’s Angel of Anarchy 1936–40
Tate Papers

The 'Comic Sublime’ : Eileen Agar at Ploumanac’h

Ian Walker

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