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Roland Penrose. The Friendly Surrealist
Penrose' wrote Andre Breton 'est Surréaliste dans l'amitieé' and 'The Friendly Surrealist' is an apt description for the man who more than any other nurtured friendships and connections which introduced European Surrealism to the British art world. Roland Penrose embraced the fantasies and rebellions of the Surrealist movement through his friendships with artists such as Picasso, Man Ray, Miro, Ernst and Tapies. His own works, which often reveal the true emotions behind his relationships with his wives, Valentine Boue and Lee Miller, constitute an important contribution to British Surrealist art.
The Home of the Surrealists
First-hand account of a Surrealist artists' colony
Miró's Magic Animals
A unique look at the work of a great artist as seen through the eyes of a child As might be expected of the son of photographer Lee Miller and writer Roland Penrose, Antony Penrose’s childhood was populated with some of the greatest artists of the twentieth century. Miró’s Magic Animals is a delightful story, chronicling Antony “Tony”’s encounters with the great Spanish artist Joan Miró. Tony introduces Miró as a quiet, kind, and smartly dressed man who “dreamed when he was awake” and painted wonderfully strange worlds filled with magical animals. The book brings Tony’s memories to life with beautiful reproductions of some of Miró’s finest works, as well as evocative ar...
The Lives of Lee Miller
Beautiful, bewitching and an exceptionally good photographer, Lee Miller was one of lifes adventurers. She became a Vogue cover girl in 1920s New York before embracing Paris, photography and Surrealism, and then dramatically changed her life yet again, reinventing herself as a war correspondent, notably covering the liberation of Dachau. These are but three of the many lives of Lee Miller, intimately recorded here by her son, Antony Penrose. Featuring a selection of Millers finest work, including portraits of her friends Picasso, Tanning and Ernst, Penroses tribute to his mother brings to life a uniquely talented woman and the turbulent times in which she lived.
The Boy who Bit Picasso
First published: London: Thames & Hudson, 2010.
Farleys in the Fifties
Painter Roland Penrose & Photographer Lee Miller's move to Farleys was not to settle down but to create, entertain & inspire. Their son Antony Penrose recalls 1950's with a fascinating insight into his parent's lives transforming Farleys from traditional farmhouse to a hub of art with unexpected decoration & surreal living.
Roland Penrose
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The Boy who Bit Picasso
Antony Penrose and his family were friends of Picasso. Here Antony tells of his friendship with the great artist and discusses some of his works, bound up with the family stories.
Roland Penrose
"The friendly Surrealist", an apt description for Roland Penrose, the man who more than any other nurtured the friendships and connections which introduced European Surrealism to the British art world.
