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2018-19 Wakefield and Barcelona, Lee Miller and Surrealism in Britain

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2018-19 Wakefield and Barcelona, Lee Miller and Surrealism in Britain
2018-19 Wakefield and Barcelona, Lee Miller and Surrealism in Britain
2018-19 Wakefield and Barcelona, Lee Miller and Surrealism in Britain

2018-19 Wakefield and Barcelona, Lee Miller and Surrealism in Britain

23 June 2018 - 20 January 2019
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This exhibition explores creative networks in 1930s and 1940s Britain through Lee Miller’s lens. Miller’s photographs of and collaborations with Surrealists including Eileen Agar, Leonora Carrington, Max Ernst, Henry Moore and René Magritte are presented alongside their own paintings and sculptures. The Foundation is lending two works to the Hepworth Wakefield, Bird Basket 1939 (LH 205) and Stringed Figure 1939 (LH 207).
Installation view of Bill Brandt / Henry Moore at The Hepworth Wakefield, 7 February – 31 May 2…
07 February 2020 - 26 February 2023
Exhibition Info: Photographer Bill Brandt (1904-1983) and Henry Moore (1898-1986) first met during the Second World War when they both created images of civilians sheltering from the Blitz in the London Underground. Widely disseminated through news media and exhibitions, their haunting depictions of this human crisis became defining images of the war. This major exhibition begins with these early works and traces the artists’ parallel and intersecting paths across the post-war years, revealing their interdisciplinary range and the sculptural dimensions of photography, drawing and collage.