Eileen Agar grew up in a wealthy British family, with nannies, ballroom dancing and lots of travel. Agar began to break away from this sheltered upbringing as a student at the London’s Slade School of Art in 1921. In 1928 she settled temporarily in Paris Montparnasse where she met the Surrealist writers André Breton and Paul Éluard. Agar was one of the few women who took part in the 1936 ‘London International Surrealist Exhibition’ and was a central figure in the British Surrealist group.
Specifications
| Title | Seated Figure |
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| Material and technique | Oil on canvas |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height Error: 210,5 is not a valid BCD value cm Width 181 cm Depth 8 cm |
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| Artists |
Artist:
Eileen Agar
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| Accession number | St 528 |
| Credits | Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, 2018 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 2018 |
| Creation date | in 1956 |
| Internal exhibitions |
De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) |
| External exhibitions |
Surrealist Art - Masterpieces from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (2021) A Surreal Shock – Masterpieces from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (2021) Only the Marvelous is Beautiful (2022) Dalí, Magritte, Man Ray and Surrealism. Highlights from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (2023) A Surreal Shock. Masterpieces from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (2023) |
| Research |
Show research A dream collection - Surrealism in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen |
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| Object |
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