Roland Penrose: The Friendly Surrealist

Antony Penrose is co-Director of Farleys House & Gallery Ltd, and Trustee of Farleys House and Gallery Trust (Charity no 1217367) that cares for the Lee Miller Archives, The Penrose Collection and Farleys House. He is the son of the American photographer and war correspondent Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, surrealist artist and biographer of Picasso, Miró, Man Ray and Tàpies. Antony has written numerous books, articles and two plays on the subject of his parents and their associates. The movie LEE, released in 2024 starring Kate Winslet as Lee Miller is based on his biography The Lives of Lee Miller. He lectures widely and is a curator of photography, an artist and film maker in his own right.

• Foreword by George Melly 1900-19 As the Twig is Bent, Thus the Tree shall Grow 1919-23 Cambridge to Paris 1923-31 Cassis and Paris1932-35 Le Menage Surrealiste 1936-37 Surrealism in England1937-38 The Road is Wider Than Long1938-45 Black Music 1946-50 Forks in the Road1951-59 Surrealism in Muddles Green 1960-70 Sir Realist 1971-84 Illusion and Reality