Edward James

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Edward James was a British poet and eccentric art patron best known for his close association with the Surrealist movement and support of artists like Salvador Dalí.

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Edward James canonical 4

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instanceOf British person
art patron
human
poet
birthDate 1907-08-16
birthPlace West Dean, Sussex, England
causeOfDeath thrombosis
collaboratedWith René Magritte
Salvador Dalí
commissionedWork Lobster Telephone
Mae West Lips Sofa
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
created Las Pozas
deathDate 1984-12-02
donatedTo West Dean College of Arts and Conservation
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford
Eton College
familyName James
founded Edward James Foundation
fullName Edward Frank Willis James
genre poetry
givenName Edward
hasCollection Surrealist art collection
heritage aristocratic background
influenced development of Surrealist art
influencedBy Surrealism
knownFor eccentric lifestyle
languageOfWorkOrName English
marriageEnd 1934
marriageStart 1931
movement Surrealism
notableFor patronage of René Magritte
patronage of Salvador Dalí
support of Surrealist artists
notableWork Las Pozas
occupation art collector
patron of the arts
poet
patronOf Leonora Carrington
Pavel Tchelitchew
René Magritte
Salvador Dalí
Surrealism
surface form: Surrealist movement
placeOfDeath Sanremo
surface form: San Remo, Italy
residence town of Xilitla
surface form: Las Pozas, Xilitla, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

West Dean, Sussex, England
surface form: West Dean House, West Dean, Sussex, England
sexualOrientation bisexual
spouse Tilly Losch

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