The Strange Country, 1940, Tate Gallery.

Conroy Maddox, (December 27, 1912 – January 14, 2005), was a British surrealist painter, collagist, writer and lecturer. Image File history File links Maddox,_The_Strange_Country. ... Image File history File links Maddox,_The_Strange_Country. ... The Tate Gallery in the United Kingdom is a network of four galleries: Tate Britain (opened 1897), Tate Liverpool (1988), Tate St Ives (1993), Tate Modern (2000), with a complementary website Tate Online (1998). ... December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Surrealism is an artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious. ... A painter is a person who paints woodwork, walls, etc. ...

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. Location within the British Isles Ledbury (known locally as jippo)is a town in Herefordshire, England. ... Herefordshire is a traditional and ceremonial county and unitary district in the West Midlands region of England in the United Kingdom. ... The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali is one of the most famous surrealist paintings. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Pieta or Revolution by Night 1923 Max Ernst (April 2, 1891 – April 1, 1976) was a German artist. ... Oscar M. Domínguez (1906-1958) was a Spanish surrealist artist. ... Salvador Dalí as photographed in 1934 by Carl Van Vechten Salvador Felip Jacint Dalí Domènech (Catalan) Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí Domènech (Spanish), (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989) was one of the most important painters of the 20th century, best known for his surrealist work identified by its... Eileen Agar (1899— ) John Tunnard (1900–1971) Emmy Bridgwater (1906— ) David Gascoyne (1916–2001) Humphrey Jennings (1907–1950) Conroy Maddox (1912—2005) Roland Penrose (1900–1984) Julian Trevelyan (1910–1988) The British Surrealist Group is not the same as the present London Surrealist Group, amongst others. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

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. Combatants Allies: • Soviet Union, • UK & Commonwealth, • USA, • France/Free France, • China, • Poland, • ...and others Axis: • Germany, • Japan, • Italy, • ...and others Commanders Strength Casualties Full list Full list World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a large scale military conflict that took place between 1939 and 1945. ... New Scotland Yard, London New Scotland Yard, often referred to simply as Scotland Yard or The Yard, is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, responsible for policing Greater London (although not the City of London itself). ...

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. 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... 1955 (MCMLV in Roman) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Exhibitions

• 1949 - Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Galleries
• 1949 - Bilston Corporation Art Gallery
• 1951 - Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Galleries
• 1963 - Grabowski Gallery, London
• 1973 - Hamet Gallery, London
• 1978 - Camden Arts Centre, London
• 1982 - Peinture Surrealiste en Angleterre 1930-1960, Galerie 1900-2000, Paris
• 2000 - Surrealism in Birmingham 1935-1955 - Birmingham Museums

References

• Silvano Levy, The Scandalous Eye: The Surrealism of Conroy Maddox, Liverpool University Press, 2003, 292 pages, ISBN 0853235597.

External links

• Obituary from the Independent newspaper, 15 January 2005
• Obituary from The Times newspaper, 17 January 2005
• Obituary from the Daily Telegraph newspaper, 21 January 2005
• Conroy Maddox at the Tate Gallery