Roland Penrose

"Intimate, yet objective; comprehensive, yet enthralling; this biography of the greatest artists of our century will rank with Vasari in the annals of European painting."--Sir Herbert Read "Authoritative and a good read." --Daily Mail

His Life and Work

Picasso

Collage autobiographique de Penrose, champion du surréalisme en Angleterre. Six cent quatre-vingt-seize illustrations dont 52 en couleurs : photos-souvenirs, reproductions de tableaux et de documents.

Quatre-vingts ans de surréalisme, 1900-1981

Arts Council of Great Britain

Photos from the British surrealist Penrose's travels, during 1938, from Greece through to Romania. This book is a facsimile of the book he made, upon his return to England, to document his trip-in part, a response to his fear that the cultures he had visited would soon disappear. Included with the photographs are texts from his travelogue, with type styles changing with each new thought.

An Image Diary from the Balkans July - August 1938

The Road is Wider Than Long

Sir Roland Penrose CBE (14 October 1900 - 23 April 1984) was an English artist, historian and poet. He was a major promoter and collector of modern art and an associate of the key Surrealists in Europe. During the Second World War he put his artistic skills to practical use as a teacher of camouflage. He was Lecturer to the War Office School for Instructors to the Home Guard and also a Lecturer at the Osterley Park School for Training of the Home Guard.

Home Guard Manual of Camouflage

A reproduction of a 1938 photobook Roland Penrose made for Lee Miller as they traveled the world at the outset of World War II. In 1938, as Europe prepared for war, Roland Penrose and Lee Miller made a journey together through the Balkans. Penrose was a painter, author, and curator. Miller, previously a model, was a brilliant photographer. As they traveled, Penrose created pictures and took notes, and on their return produced a charming handmade photobook for Miller--a surrealist love poem, drawn from his own memories and records. This special facsimile edition of the book Penrose wrote for Miller has an important place in the history of Surrealist literature, and it provides a fascinating glimpse into the lives of two artists and their journey of discovery in a world that would soon be transformed forever.

Roland Penrose

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