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She was born in Leicester and studied at the [[University of Brighton Faculty of Arts#20th century|Brighton School of Art]]. Whilst in Sussex she met and married the artist Leslie Robert Baxter before moving to Manchester.<ref name="rosemont">{{Citation | last=Rosemont| first=Penelope | chapter=Women in the Surrelaist Diaspora | title=Surrealist Women | pages = 176-177 | publisher=A&C Black | publication-date=2000 | isbn=0-485-30088-5}}.</ref> <ref name="Goldmark">{{Citation | chapter=Edith Rimmington| title=Artists In Britain Since 1945 - Chapter R | page = 70 | publisher=Goldmark Gallery}}.</ref> She returned south, to London, in 1937 and was then introduced to the [[British Surrealist Group]] later in that decade by [[Gordon Onslow Ford]] |
She was born in Leicester and studied at the [[University of Brighton Faculty of Arts#20th century|Brighton School of Art]]. Whilst in Sussex she met and married the artist Leslie Robert Baxter before moving to Manchester.<ref name="rosemont">{{Citation | last=Rosemont| first=Penelope | chapter=Women in the Surrelaist Diaspora | title=Surrealist Women | pages = 176-177 | publisher=A&C Black | publication-date=2000 | isbn=0-485-30088-5}}.</ref> <ref name="Goldmark">{{Citation | chapter=Edith Rimmington| title=Artists In Britain Since 1945 - Chapter R | page = 70 | publisher=Goldmark Gallery}}.</ref> She returned south, to London, in 1937 and was then introduced to the [[British Surrealist Group]] later in that decade by [[Gordon Onslow Ford]]. Edith was one of the few female members, along with [[Eileen Agar]] and her close friend [[Emmy Bridgwater]]. Bridgwater and Rimmington had been inspired by the [[London International Surrealist Exhibition|International Surrealist Exhibition]] which had introduced surrealism into England in 1936.<ref name="dictionary">{{Citation | last=Gaze | first=Delia | chapter=Agar, Eileen | title=Dictionary of Women Artists: Artists, J-Z | page = 170 | publisher=Taylor & Francis | publication-date=1997 | isbn=1-884964-21-4}}.</ref><ref name="working">{{Citation | last=Libmann | first=Brigitte | chapter=British Women Surrealists-Deviants from Deviance | editor-last=Oldfield |title=This Working-Day World: Women's Lives And Culture(s) In Britain, 1914-1945 | pages = 163-164 | publisher=CRC Press | publication-date=2003}}.</ref> She continued working as part of the London surrealist movement well beyond the formal disbandment of the Group in 1947. She died in 1986 in [[Bexhill-on-Sea]].<ref name="Goldmark" /> |
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Revision as of 16:53, 3 September 2015
Edith Rimmington (2 April 1902 – 1986), was an English artist, poet and photographer associated with the Surrealist movement.
Biography
She was born in Leicester and studied at the Brighton School of Art. Whilst in Sussex she met and married the artist Leslie Robert Baxter before moving to Manchester.[1] [2] She returned south, to London, in 1937 and was then introduced to the British Surrealist Group later in that decade by Gordon Onslow Ford. Edith was one of the few female members, along with Eileen Agar and her close friend Emmy Bridgwater. Bridgwater and Rimmington had been inspired by the International Surrealist Exhibition which had introduced surrealism into England in 1936.[3][4] She continued working as part of the London surrealist movement well beyond the formal disbandment of the Group in 1947. She died in 1986 in Bexhill-on-Sea.[2]
Works
There is only one painting by Edith Rimmington in the public domain, The Decoy which is on display in the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh.
Much of her early work, both art and poetry, was reproduced in pamphlets and other short run publications by Surrealist groups both in England and abroad. Her paintings are mostly in private collections but appear from time to time in exhibitions across the globe.
References
- ^ Rosemont, Penelope (2000), "Women in the Surrelaist Diaspora", Surrealist Women, A&C Black, pp. 176–177, ISBN 0-485-30088-5.
- ^ a b "Edith Rimmington", Artists In Britain Since 1945 - Chapter R, Goldmark Gallery, p. 70.
- ^ Gaze, Delia (1997), "Agar, Eileen", Dictionary of Women Artists: Artists, J-Z, Taylor & Francis, p. 170, ISBN 1-884964-21-4.
- ^ Libmann, Brigitte (2003), "British Women Surrealists-Deviants from Deviance", in Oldfield (ed.), This Working-Day World: Women's Lives And Culture(s) In Britain, 1914-1945, CRC Press, pp. 163–164.