Roland Penrose

Roland Penrose

1900 — 1984

British artist and art historian (1900-1984)

Sir Roland Algernon Penrose was an English artist, historian and poet. He was a major promoter and collector of modern art and an associate of the surrealists in the United Kingdom. During the Second World War he put his artistic skills to practical use as a teacher of camouflage.

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Works

Cryptic Coincidence II

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The Conquest of the Air

Roland Penrose Southampton City Art Gallery
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1934

Hand mit drei Figuren

Roland Penrose Neue Nationalgalerie
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1936

The Scales

Roland Penrose Israel Museum
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1937

Painting

Roland Penrose Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
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1938

Le Grand Jour

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1938

The Junction

Roland Penrose Israel Museum
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1939

Beware Surrealism is not... Surrealism is...

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1939

Egypt

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1939

Good Shooting

Roland Penrose Southampton City Art Gallery
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1939

My Windows Look Sideways

Roland Penrose Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
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1939

Octavia

Roland Penrose Ferens Art Gallery
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1939

Portrait

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1947

Woman Tuning Wireless

Roland Penrose Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
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1949

Surrealist Composition

Roland Penrose Bolton Museum
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