Conroy Maddox
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| - | {{Template}} | + | {{Template}}'''Conroy Maddox''', ([[December 27]] [[1912]] – [[January 14]] [[2005]]), was an [[England|English]] [[surrealist]] [[painter]], collagist, writer and lecturer. |
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| + | He was born in [[Ledbury]], [[Herefordshire]], and discovered [[surrealism]] in [[1935]], spending the rest of his life exploring its potential through his paintings, [[collage]]s, photographs, objects and texts. Inspired by artists such as [[Max Ernst]], [[Oscar Domínguez]] and [[Salvador Dalí]], he rejected academic painting in favour of techniques that expressed the surrealistic spirit of rebellion. Maddox officially joined the [[British Surrealist Group]] in [[1938]]. | ||
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| + | His creations soon began not only to challenge the conventional view of reality, but also to push pictorial expression to the limits of consciousness. He was even implicated in both scandal and controversy when, during [[World War II]], [[Scotland Yard]] suspected him of fifth columnist sabotage and mounted a surprise raid to seize works thought to contain coded messages to the enemy. | ||
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| + | In [[1948]] he married Nan Burton. They had a daughter and a son together, but had the marriage dissolved in [[1955]]. He died in London, aged 92. | ||
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| + | ==Exhibitions== | ||
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| + | * 1938 - Wertheim Gallery, London | ||
| + | * 1940 - London Gallery, London | ||
| + | * 1940 - ''Surrealism Today'', Zwemmer Gallery, London | ||
| + | * 1940 - Artists International Association | ||
| + | * 1945 - Leicester Galleries, London | ||
| + | * 1947 - International Surrealist Exhibition, Paris | ||
| + | * 1949 - Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Galleries | ||
| + | * 1949 - Bilston Corporation Art Gallery | ||
| + | * 1951 - Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Galleries | ||
| + | * 1963 - Grabowski Gallery, London | ||
| + | * 1967 - Zwemmer Gallery, London | ||
| + | * 1967 - Exeter City Gallery, Exeter | ||
| + | * 1973 - Hamet Gallery, London | ||
| + | * 1976 - ''Gouaches of the 1940's'', Fischer Fine Art, London | ||
| + | * 1978 - ''Surrealism Unlimited'', Camden Arts Centre, London | ||
| + | * 1982 - ''Peinture Surrealiste en Angleterre 1930-1960'', Galerie 1900-2000, Paris | ||
| + | * 1994 - ''Paintings and Objects'', Gallery M, London | ||
| + | * 2000 - ''Surrealism in Birmingham 1935-1955'', Birmingham Museums | ||
| + | * 2001 - ''Conroy Maddox. A Surrealist Odyssey'', Belgrave Gallery, London | ||
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| + | ==Bibliography== | ||
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| + | * ''Free Unions - Unions Libre'' - edited by [[Simon Watson Taylor]] - with cover by Conroy Maddox (1946) | ||
| + | * ''Dali'' by Conroy Maddox (Taschen) | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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| + | * ''The Scandalous Eye: The Surrealism of Conroy Maddox'' by [[Silvano Levy]], Liverpool University Press, 2003, 292 pages, ISBN 0-85323-559-7. | ||
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He was born in Ledbury, Herefordshire, and discovered surrealism in 1935, spending the rest of his life exploring its potential through his paintings, collages, photographs, objects and texts. Inspired by artists such as Max Ernst, Oscar Domínguez and Salvador Dalí, he rejected academic painting in favour of techniques that expressed the surrealistic spirit of rebellion. Maddox officially joined the British Surrealist Group in 1938.
His creations soon began not only to challenge the conventional view of reality, but also to push pictorial expression to the limits of consciousness. He was even implicated in both scandal and controversy when, during World War II, Scotland Yard suspected him of fifth columnist sabotage and mounted a surprise raid to seize works thought to contain coded messages to the enemy.
In 1948 he married Nan Burton. They had a daughter and a son together, but had the marriage dissolved in 1955. He died in London, aged 92.
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Exhibitions
- 1938 - Wertheim Gallery, London
- 1940 - London Gallery, London
- 1940 - Surrealism Today, Zwemmer Gallery, London
- 1940 - Artists International Association
- 1945 - Leicester Galleries, London
- 1947 - International Surrealist Exhibition, Paris
- 1949 - Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Galleries
- 1949 - Bilston Corporation Art Gallery
- 1951 - Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Galleries
- 1963 - Grabowski Gallery, London
- 1967 - Zwemmer Gallery, London
- 1967 - Exeter City Gallery, Exeter
- 1973 - Hamet Gallery, London
- 1976 - Gouaches of the 1940's, Fischer Fine Art, London
- 1978 - Surrealism Unlimited, Camden Arts Centre, London
- 1982 - Peinture Surrealiste en Angleterre 1930-1960, Galerie 1900-2000, Paris
- 1994 - Paintings and Objects, Gallery M, London
- 2000 - Surrealism in Birmingham 1935-1955, Birmingham Museums
- 2001 - Conroy Maddox. A Surrealist Odyssey, Belgrave Gallery, London
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Bibliography
- Free Unions - Unions Libre - edited by Simon Watson Taylor - with cover by Conroy Maddox (1946)
- Dali by Conroy Maddox (Taschen)
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References
- The Scandalous Eye: The Surrealism of Conroy Maddox by Silvano Levy, Liverpool University Press, 2003, 292 pages, ISBN 0-85323-559-7.
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