Eileen Agar
Eileen Agar (1899 – 1991) was an Argentinian-born British artist with a knack for turning the ordinary into the extraordinary, the everyday into the irreverent. The V&A collection contains examples of her work across different media, and furniture from her home in London's Earl's Court.
Agar was associated with British Surrealism in the 1930s and was friends with artists and writers based in London and Paris, including Lee Miller and Pablo Picasso.
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'Ceremonial Hat For Eating Bouillabaisse', by Eileen Agar, 1937, BritainV&A East Storehouse -
Eileen Agar, drawing, by Leon Underwood, 1922, BritainV&A South Kensington -
'Bum-Thumb Rock', gelatin silver print, by Eileen Agar, 1936, Ploumanach, Brittany, FranceV&A South Kensington -
'Parcel Post', collage, by Eileen Agar, 1942, BritainV&A South Kensington -
Eileen Agar wearing Ceremonial Hat For Eating Bouillabaisse, photograph, about 1988, Britain. Registered File 1992/1219 -
'Artist Rampant', collage, by Eileen Agar, 1934, BritainV&A South Kensington -
'Glove Hat', by Eileen Agar, 1938, BritainV&A South Kensington -
Wardrobe, by Rodney Thomas, about 1930, BritainV&A East Storehouse
Header image:
Eileen Agar wearing 'Ceremonial Hat For Eating Bouillabaisse', photograph, photographer unknown, about 1988, Britain. Registered File 1992/1219. © Victoria and Albert Museum