Simpson, Ann
[Author];
Gascoyne, David
[Author];
Lambirth, Andrew
[Author]
;
Agar, Eileen
[Illustrator]Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art,
Leeds City Art Gallery
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Media type:
Book;
Still Image;
Exhibition Catalogue
Title:
Eileen Agar
:
1899-1991
Other titles:
Impressum: Published by the Trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland for the exhibition "Eileen Agar 1899-1991: A Centenary Exhibition" held at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh from 1 December 1999 to 27 February 2000 and at Leeds City Art Gallery (with the assistance of Leeds Art Collections Fund) from 9 March to 30 April 2000
Description:
Eileen Agar's career spanned over seventy years, during which time she continually experimented with a wide range of 0techniques and subject matter. She is often categorised as a Surrealist, and much to her surprise, she was among those British artists chosen to exhibit alongside Dali, Ernst and Miro in the International Surrealist Exhibition held in London in 1936. While her association with Surrealism greatly enhanced her reputation, she never saw her work simply in terms of that movement. She drew equally from Cubism and abstraction to form a uniquely individual style with which to express her surrealistic fantasies