Antony Penrose
| Antony Penrose | |
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| Born |
Antony William Roland Penrose 9 September 1947 London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Photographer |
.jpg) Farley Farm House |
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 Man Ray Portraits: Lee Miller's house, tour with Antony Penrose (4:33), TheArtFundUK
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Antony William Roland Penrose (born 9 September 1947) is a British photographer. The son of Sir Roland Penrose and Lee Miller, Penrose is director of the Lee Miller Archive and Penrose Collection at his parents' former home, Farley Farm House.
Antony Penrose was born on 9 September 1947 in the London Clinic, central London. He is the son of Lee Miller, a model, fine art photographer and noted war correspondent, and Sir Roland Penrose, the surrealist artist, poet and biographer of Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Man Ray, and Antoni Tàpies, who co-founded the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in 1947.
His grandfather was Irish painter James Doyle Penrose, and his grandmother was the daughter of the philanthropist Lord Peckover. His uncle was polymath Lionel Penrose, whose children include mathematician Oliver Penrose, polymath Sir Roger Penrose, chess grandmaster Jonathan Penrose, and geneticist Shirley Hodgson.
He first lived at 11 Downshire Hill in Hampstead, but in 1949 his parents bought Farley Farm House, a farmhouse in the village of Chiddingly, East Sussex. His mother suffered from depression during Penrose's childhood, meaning he had a nanny, Patsy Murray, from a young age. Penrose had dysfunctional upbringing, saying of his mother "She was a hopeless mum. She had no natural maternal instincts." He suffered from dyslexia, but nevertheless went on to attend the Royal Agricultural College.
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