Eileen Forrester Agar (1 Δεκεμβρίου 1899 - 17 Νοεμβρίου 1991) : Βρετανίδα ζωγράφος και φωτογράφος που συνδέεται με το σουρεαλιστικό κίνημα.Στο βίντεο που ακολουθεί εκτίθενται σαράντα (40) χαρακτηριστικά έργα της.
1. Three Symbols (1930) 00:00:00 2. The Autobiography od an Embryo (1933-1934) 00:00:09 3. Bum-Thumb Rock, Ploumanach, Brittany (1936) 00:00:16 4. Ladybird (1936) 00:00:24 5. Precious Stones (1936) 00:00:31 6. Rocks at Ploumanach, Brittany (1936) 00:00:39 7. The Sower (1937) 00:00:46 8. The Reaper (1938) 00:00:54 9. Marine Object (1938) 00:01:01 10. Fish Circus (1939) 00:01:09 11. Angel of Anarchy (1936-1940) 00:01:16 12. Fighter Pilot (1940) 00:01:24 13. Untitled (1948) 00:01:31 14. An Exceptional Occurence (1950) 00:01:39 15. Surrealist Hat (1956) 00:01:46 16. Head of Dylan Thomas (1960) 00:01:54 17. Lewis Carrol with Alice (1961) 00:02:01 18. Untitled (1963) 00:02:09 19. Luminous Forms (1964) 00:02:16 20. Fish Basket (1965) 00:02:24 21. Floral Eyes (1966) 00:02:31 22. Slow Movement (1970) 00:02:39 23. Figures in a Garden (1979-1981) 00:02:46 24. Carousing Computers (1988) 00:02:54 25. Past and Present (1990) 00:03:01 26. Beetles and hand (?) 00:03:09 27. Ceremonial Hat for Eating Bouillabaisse (?) 00:03:16 28. Erotic Landscape (?) 00:03:24 29. Head (?) 00:03:31 30. Jug of Verse (?) 00:03:39 31. Lord of the Flies (?) 00:03:46 32. Portrait head (?) 00:03:54 33. Portrait (?) 00:04:01 34. Psychodelic Dream (?) 00:04:09 35. Return of Nautilus (?) 00:04:16 36. Rite of Spring (?) 00:04:24 37. Seaweed Collage (?) 00:04:31 38. The Dance (?) 00:04:39 39. To A Nightingale (?) 00:04:46 40. War (?) 00:04:54
Eileen Agar exhibited with the Surrealists in England and abroad.
During the 1930s Agar's work focused on natural objects often in a
light-hearted manner such as Bum-Thumb Rock, a set of photographs of an
unusual rock formation she noticed in Brittany.
She started to
experiment with automatic techniques and new materials, taking
photographs and making collages and objects. The Angel of Anarchy, a
plaster head covered in fabric and other media, is such an example from
1936–40 and is now in the Tate collection.[
5][6] In the mid-1930s Agar
and Bard began renting a house for the summer at Swanage in Dorset. Here
she met Paul Nash and the two began an intense relationship. In 1935
Nash introduced Agar to the concept of the found object.[7] Together,
they collaborated on a number of works, such as Seashore Monster at
Swanage. Nash recommended her work to Roland Penrose and Herbert Read,
the organisers of the 1936 International Surrealist Exhibition at the
New Burlington Galleries, in London and she became the only British
women to have work, three paintings and five objects, included in that
exhibition.
In 1937, Agar spent a holiday at Picasso and Dora Maar's home in
Mougins, Alpes-Maritimes, along with Paul Éluard, Nusch, Roland Penrose
and Lee Miller, who photographed her.[9] By 1940, works by Agar had
appeared in surrealist exhibitions in Amsterdam, New York, Paris and
Tokyo.[2]
After World War Two, Agar started a new productive phase of her life,
holding almost 16 solo exhibitions between 1946 and 1985. By the 1960s
she was producing Tachist paintings with Surrealist elements. In 1988
she published her autobiography A Look At My Life.[10] then in 1990, she
was elected as a Royal Academy Associate.[11] She died in London. Agar
has paintings in the collection of several British institutions
including Derby Art Gallery, Bradford and the UK Government
collection.[12]
Eileen Agar is buried in the Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris. Grave No.
17606 Goshka Macuga's 2007 Exhibition, part of Tate Britain's Art Now
Series used material drawn from Eileen Agar's Archive Surrealists
Eileen Forrester Agar (1 December 1899 – 17 November 1991) was a British
painter and photographer associated with the Surrealist movement.
Born in Buenos Aires to a Scottish father and American mother, Agar
moved with her family to London in 1911. After attending Heathfield St
Mary's School, she studied, beginning in 1919, at the Byam Shaw School
of Art. Then, in 1924, she studied under Leon Underwood at his school at
Brook Green. She attended the Slade School of Fine Art in London from
1925 to 1926. She also studied art in Paris from 1928 to 1930.
In 1926, Agar met the Hungarian writer Joseph Bard, whom she married in
1940. In 1928, they lived in Paris where she met the Surrealists André
Breton and Paul Éluard with whom she had a friendly relationship. She
was a member of the London Group from 1934 onwards.
Agar exhibited with the Surrealists in England and abroad. During the
1930s Agar's work focused on natural objects often in a light-hearted
manner such as Bum-Thumb Rock, a set of photographs of an unusual rock
formation she noticed in Brittany. She started to experiment with
automatic techniques and new materials, taking photographs and making
collages and objects. The Angel of Anarchy, a plaster head covered in
fabric and other media, is such an example from 1936–40 and is now in
the Tate collection. In the mid-1930s Agar and Bard began renting a
house for the summer at Swanage in Dorset. Here she met Paul Nash and
the two began an intense relationship. In 1935 Nash introduced Agar to
the concept of the found object. Together, they collaborated on a number
of works, such as Seashore Monster at Swanage. Nash recommended her
work to Roland Penrose and Herbert Read, the organisers of the 1936
International Surrealist Exhibition at the New Burlington Galleries, in
London and she became the only British women to have work, three
paintings and five objects,[5] included in that exhibition.
In 1937, Agar spent a holiday at Picasso and Dora Maar's home in
Mougins, Alpes-Maritimes, along with Paul Eluard, Nusch, Roland Penrose
and Lee Miller, who photographed her. By 1940, works by Agar had
appeared in surrealist exhibitions in Amsterdam, New York, Paris and
Tokyo.
After World War Two, Agar started a new productive phase of her life,
holding almost 16 solo exhibitions between 1946 and 1985. By the 1960s
she was producing Tachist paintings with Surrealist elements. In 1988
she published her autobiography A Look At My Life. then in 1990, she was
elected as a Royal Academy Associate. She died in London. Agar has
paintings in the collection of several British institutions including
Derby Art Gallery, Bradford and the UK Government collection.
Eileen Agar is buried in the Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris. Grave No.
17606 Goshka Macuga's 2007 Exhibition, part of Tate Britain's Art Now
Series used material drawn from Eileen Agar's Archive
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