Photographs taken by Eileen Agar while on trips to Tenerife, France, Italy, Stockholm and around the UK.
of a fountain in Stockholm Eileen Agar [1947] Photograph of a view across the Roman
Available online are items a range of Eileen Agar’s artworks and writings which shed light on her working methods, including her extensive use of found objects, and her involvement in the Surrealist movement. Artworks which have been digitised include sculptures constructed from found objects and preparatory tracings for her series of paintings of rocks at Ploumanach. Several of Agar’s writings and notebooks, which provide some insight into her life, working methods, and reflections on art, can also be seen online. Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the Archive catalogue.
balcony Eileen Agar [c.1930] Black and white glass lantern slide of the head of a Roman
This collection of Eileen’s Agar’s photographs have all been digitised. Most of the photographs were taken by Eileen Agar and her husband, Joseph Bard on their trips abroad, and around the UK, from the 1930s up until around 1960. Subjects of the photographs include architecture, landscapes, and seaside towns and villages, along with portrait and group photographs of Eileen, Joseph, and their friends, including notable artists and fellow surrealists such as Man Ray, Paul Éluard and Pablo Picasso. Some of the photographs relate to sections of Agar’s autobiography, ‚A look at my life‘ which is noted on the item records …
1939] Photograph of Pamela Travers’ cottage Eileen Agar [1939] Photograph of Roman
This collection of Eileen’s Agar’s photographs have all been digitised. Most of the photographs were taken by Eileen Agar and her husband, Joseph Bard on their trips abroad, and around the UK, from the 1930s up until around 1960. Subjects of the photographs include architecture, landscapes, and seaside towns and villages, along with portrait and group photographs of Eileen, Joseph, and their friends, including notable artists and fellow surrealists such as Man Ray, Paul Éluard and Pablo Picasso. Some of the photographs relate to sections of Agar’s autobiography, ‚A look at my life‘ which is noted on the item records …
taken near Bishopstone Eileen Agar [1940s] Photograph possibly taken at the Roman
Available online are items a range of Eileen Agar’s artworks and writings which shed light on her working methods, including her extensive use of found objects, and her involvement in the Surrealist movement. Artworks which have been digitised include sculptures constructed from found objects and preparatory tracings for her series of paintings of rocks at Ploumanach. Several of Agar’s writings and notebooks, which provide some insight into her life, working methods, and reflections on art, can also be seen online. Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the Archive catalogue.
Eileen Agar date not known Black and white glass lantern slide of a Greek or Roman
Artist page for Eric Gill (1882–1940)
He became a Roman Catholic in 1913 and remained so for the rest of his life.
This collection of Eileen’s Agar’s photographs have all been digitised. Most of the photographs were taken by Eileen Agar and her husband, Joseph Bard on their trips abroad, and around the UK, from the 1930s up until around 1960. Subjects of the photographs include architecture, landscapes, and seaside towns and villages, along with portrait and group photographs of Eileen, Joseph, and their friends, including notable artists and fellow surrealists such as Man Ray, Paul Éluard and Pablo Picasso. Some of the photographs relate to sections of Agar’s autobiography, ‚A look at my life‘ which is noted on the item records …
of a fountain in Stockholm Eileen Agar [1947] Photograph of a view across the Roman
Tate glossary definition for socially engaged practice: Term used to describe socially engaged art that is collaborative, often participatory and involves people as the medium or material of the work
collection Left Right Guerrilla Girls Roman
Tate glossary definition for history painting: Seventeenth century term describing paintings with subject matter drawn from classical history, mythology, and the Bible – also used in the eighteenth century to refer to more recent historical subjects
initially used to describe paintings with subjects drawn from ancient Greek and Roman
Artist page for Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646–1723)
In 1700 he was created a Knight of the Holy Roman Empire by the Emperor Leopold I
