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Eileen Agar

1899–1991

Figures in a Garden 1979–81
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Biography

Eileen Forrester Agar (1 December 1899 – 17 November 1991) was an Argentine-British 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
    On display at Tate Modern part of Media Networks
  • Eileen Agar The Reaper

    1938
  • Eileen Agar Angel of Anarchy

    1936–40
  • Eileen Agar The Autobiography of an Embryo

    1933–4
    On display at Tate Britain part of Historic and Modern British Art
  • Eileen Agar Marine Object

    1939
    On display at Tate Britain part of Historic and Modern British Art
  • Eileen Agar Fish Basket

    c.1965
  • Eileen Agar Figures in a Garden

    1979–81

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    Eileen Agar: a British Surrealist

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

    1947
  • Eileen Agar Note by Eileen Agar on painting, surrealism and abstractism, and collage

    date not known
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  • Eileen Agar Sketch of a man’s head in profile

    date not known
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  • Eileen Agar Black and white glass lantern slide of a drawing of a Mexican statue

    date not known
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