Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Roland Algernon Penrose
— married
1947 [location unknown]
Mother of
[private son (1940s - unknown)]
Died
at age 70
in Chiddingly, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Feb 2019
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Biography
Lee (Miller) Penrose is Notable.
- Photographer & Photojournalist[1]
- d/o Theodore Miller & Florence MacDonald[1]
- Siblings John & Erik
- @7 raped and given gonorrhea[1]
- fashion model, there was an illustration of her on the Vogue cover in 1927[1]
- 1929-1932 student, muse, partner and photographic collaborator of photographer Man Ray<[1]
- Surrealism[2]
- 1932 Lee Miller Studio, New York
- 1933 solo exhibition for Julien Levy
- 1934 m. Aziz Eloui Bey (Egyptian businessman) (div. 1947)[1]
- 1937 met Roland Penrose in Paris
- World War II: War photographer for Vogue,
- Dec 1942 War Correspondant for Condé Nast Publications
- worked with David E. Scherman of Life
- PTSD
- 3 May 1947 m. Roland Penrose
- Antony
- Cancer
- 1977 Cremated, ashes spread in her herb garden (Farley Farm House)[1][3]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Wikipedia: Lee Miller, accessed 16 Feb 2019.
- ↑ "Artists in Love." The Art Assignment. 13 Feb 2019. Youtube. 14 Feb 2019.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #26058335, accessed 16 Feb 2019.
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Rejected matches › Elizabeth Miller (bef.1906-)
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