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Sheila Legge (née Chetwynd Inglis; c. 1911 – 5 January 1949) was a Surrealist performance artist. Legge is best known for her 1936 Trafalgar Square performance for the opening of London International Surrealist Exhibition, posing in a costume inspired by a Salvador Dalí painting, with her head completely obscured by a flower ...
Sheila Legge. United Kingdom Artist- Performance Art, Surrealist. One of the few women of Surrealism, Sheila Legge. In 1936, Salvador DalÍ collaborated with fellow surrealist Sheila Legge to stage a surrealist happening in Trafalgar Square.
19 mag 2021 · Learn about the role of women in Surrealism in Britain in the 1930s, including artist Sheila Legge, who appeared as 'the phantom of Surrealism' in 1936. The exhibition features archive material from the Whitechapel Gallery and other sources.
13 mag 2021 · It was artist and writer Sheila Legge as the ‘Phantom of Surrealism’, an appearance which heralded the London International Surrealist Exhibition. A new show at Whitechapel Gallery explores the vital contribution made by women like Legge to surrealism in Britain.
Sheila Legge immersed herself in Surrealist practice for several months. On the opening day of the 1936 International Surrealist Exhibition in London, she dressed as the Surrealist Phantom performing in front of the Trafalgar lions and Claude Cahun’s camera, with her head completely obscured by a floral arrangement.
Sheila Legge was an artist who was born in 1911. Whitechapel Art Gallery featured Sheila Legge's work in the past. Sheila Legge has been featured in articles for Aesthetica and ArtDaily. The most recent article is Real Lives written for Aesthetica in September 2021. The artist died in 1949.
19 mag 2021 · The collective exhibition explores the pivotal role of women as both artists and organisers in the context of British Surrealism in the 1930s. “Phantoms of Surrealism” collects pieces by artists Sheila Legge, Claude Cahun, Ithell Colquhoun, Diana Brinton Lee, and others.
