Eileen Agar

1899–1991

Eileen Agar, ‘Angel of Anarchy’ 1936–40
Angel of Anarchy 1936–40
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Biography


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

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Eileen Agar, ‘Angel of Anarchy’ 1936–40

Eileen Agar Angel of Anarchy

1936–40
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Eileen Agar, ‘The Autobiography of an Embryo’ 1933–4

Eileen Agar The Autobiography of an Embryo

1933–4
On display at Tate Modern part of In the Studio T05024
Eileen Agar, ‘Head of Dylan Thomas’ 1960

Eileen Agar Head of Dylan Thomas

1960
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Eileen Agar, ‘Three Symbols’ 1930

Eileen Agar Three Symbols

1930
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Eileen Agar, ‘Marine Object’ 1939

Eileen Agar Marine Object

1939
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Eileen Agar, ‘Figures in a Garden’ 1979–81

Eileen Agar Figures in a Garden

1979–81
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Eileen Agar, ‘The Reaper’ 1938

Eileen Agar The Reaper

1938
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Eileen Agar, ‘Fish Basket’ c.1965

Eileen Agar Fish Basket

c.1965
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Film and audio
Look Closer

Eileen Agar: a British Surrealist

Enter the mind of Eileen Agar through her letters, sketches and collected objects

Features

Pablo Picasso, ‘Still Life’ 1914
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John Piper Notebooks and sketchbooks from the John Piper Archive
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Perspectives: Negotiating the Archive

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Eileen Agar, ‘Angel of Anarchy’ 1936–40
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MicroTate 9: Angel of Anarchy

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

Eileen Agar Photograph of rocks in Ploumanach
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 ...

Joseph Beuys, ‘Felt Suit’ 1970
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Tate Papers no.4: Autumn 2005

Tate Papers no.4, Autumn 2006, featuring Joseph Beuys, Eileen Agar, Gainsborough and Emila Medková

Sketches, letters, etc.

Eileen Agar, ‘Photograph of P.L. Travers in Venice’ 1949

Eileen Agar Photograph of P.L. Travers in Venice

1949
TGA 8927/12/233
Eileen Agar, ‘Photograph of Joseph Bard sitting in a wicker chair in Tenerife’ 1952–6

Eileen Agar Photograph of Joseph Bard sitting in a wicker chair in Tenerife

1952–6
TGA 8927/12/137
Paul Nash, recipient: Eileen Agar, ‘Letter from Paul Nash to Eileen Agar’ [8 October 1936]

Paul Nash, recipient: Eileen Agar Letter from Paul Nash to Eileen Agar

[8 October 1936]
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Paul Nash, recipient: Eileen Agar, ‘Letter from Paul Nash to Eileen Agar’ [1942]

Paul Nash, recipient: Eileen Agar Letter from Paul Nash to Eileen Agar

[1942]
TGA 8712/1/49
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 Drawing of birds with pencil note at the bottom reading ‘a goose bone to the seagulls (old saying)’

[1935–46]
TGA 8712/2/7
Paul Nash, recipient: Eileen Agar, ‘Hand coloured lithograph of ‘Ghosts’, one of Nash’s illustrations from ‘Urne Burial’, initialled P’ [1935–46]

Paul Nash, recipient: Eileen Agar Hand coloured lithograph of ‘Ghosts’, one of Nash’s illustrations from ‘Urne Burial’, initialled P

[1935–46]
TGA 8712/2/2
Paul Nash, recipient: Eileen Agar, ‘‘Aerial Flowers’, by Paul Nash’ 1947

Paul Nash, recipient: Eileen Agar ‘Aerial Flowers’, by Paul Nash

1947
TGA 8712/4/4
Paul Nash, recipient: Eileen Agar, ‘Small booklet made by Paul Nash containing two black and white photographs’ 1940

Paul Nash, recipient: Eileen Agar Small booklet made by Paul Nash containing two black and white photographs

1940
TGA 8712/2/1
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