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Roland Penrose

1900 - 1984

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Sir Roland Algernon Penrose (14 October 1900 – 23 April 1984) was an English artist, historian and poet. He was a major promoter and collector of modern art and an associate of the surrealists in the United Kingdom. During the Second World War he put his artistic skills to practical use as a teacher of camouflage. Penrose married the poet Valentine Boué and then the photographer Lee Miller. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roland Penrose is the 914th most popular painter (up from 1,919th in 2019), the 2,088th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,802nd in 2019) and the 34th most popular British Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Roland Penrose ranks 914 out of 2,023. Before him are Isaak Brodsky, Władysław Strzemiński, Effie Gray, Claude Gillot, Maria van Oosterwijck, and Abraham Bosse. After him are Frits Thaulow, Laurent de La Hyre, Paulus Moreelse, Achilles Painter, January Suchodolski, and Il Pordenone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Roland Penrose ranks 127. Before him are Yvonne de Gaulle, James Bond, Vítězslav Nezval, Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer, Luigi Longo, and Alexander Novikov. After him are Duy Tân, René Crevel, Alessandro Blasetti, Lidia Ruslanova, Mikhail Katukov, and Ibrahim Abboud. Among people deceased in 1984, Roland Penrose ranks 94. Before him are Vladimir Chelomey, Richard Basehart, Lee Krasner, Andy Kaufman, Karl-August Fagerholm, and Edith Massey. After him are Peter Lawford, Cigerxwîn, Adam Malik, Kevin A. Lynch, Jorge Guillén, and Toni Turek.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Roland Penrose ranks 2,088 out of 8,785. Before him are Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1862), June Almeida (1930), Vince Clarke (1960), John Wetton (1949), Louis Tomlinson (1991), and William Auld (1924). After him are Robert Blake (1599), June Whitfield (1925), James McAvoy (1979), Fred West (1941), Charles Mackay (1814), and Ronald Colman (1891).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Roland Penrose ranks 34. Before him are Pieter de Molijn (1595), Richard Parkes Bonington (1801), Sidney Paget (1860), Barbara Hepworth (1903), Thomas Rowlandson (1756), and Effie Gray (1828). After him are Matthew Paris (1200), Vanessa Bell (1879), Walter Crane (1845), David Roberts (1796), Roger Fry (1866), and George Frederic Watts (1817).

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