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Conroy Maddox

27 December 1912 – 14 January 2005, was an English Surrealist painter, collagist, writer and lecturer; and a key figure in the Birmingham Surrealist movement.

He was born in Ledbury
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 Dominguez and Salvador Dali, he rejected academic painting in favour of techniques that expressed the surrealistic spirit of rebellion. Maddox officially joined the British Surrealist Group in 1938.

Conroy Maddox. Secret of the Rocks. 1993. Oil on Canvas. 125cm x 95cm. P.O A



Conroy Maddox. A Dangerous Game. 1952. Oil on Canvas. 60cm x 70cm. P.O.A



Conroy Maddox. Hocus Pocus. 2003. Oil on Board. 36cm x 36cm. P.O.A



Conroy Maddox. Louise Michel (Victor Hugo's Chambermaid Militant Feminist). 1988. 96cm x 76cm Oil on Canvas. P.O.A



Conroy Maddox. 'Hovering in Space' 1997. Oil on Board. 22cm x 28cm. P.O.A.



Conroy Maddox. The Drawn Curtain. 1973. Oil on Canvas. 83cm x 117cm. P.O.A.



Conroy Maddox. The Statue. 1983. Oil on Canvas. 80cm x 90cm



Conroy Maddox. The Hotel Door. 1985. Oil on Board. 28cm x 22cm. P.O.A.



Conroy Maddox 'Degas Model' 1993 Oil on Canvas



Conroy Maddox ' The Reunion' 1993 Oil on Canvas



Conroy Maddox 'Morning Encounter' 1944 Oil on Canvas.



Conroy Maddox 'Passionate Attitudes' 1994 Oil on Canvas



Conroy Maddox 'New York Botanical Garden's Graduation Ceremony' 1966 Oil on Canvas.



Conroy Maddox 'The House of Madam X in Berkeley Square. 1965 Oil on Canvas