Leslie George Hurry — British Surrealism
2 min readOct 21, 2019
“Leslie George Hurry (10 February 1909– 20 November 1978) was a British artist and set designer for ballet, theatre and opera.Hurry was born in London, where his father, A. G. Hurry, was a funeral director in St John’s Wood. Leslie Hurray was educated at Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School before, resisting pressure to join the family business, he attended St. John’s Wood Art School and the Royal Academy Schools. In the second half of the 1930s he wandered Britain and Ireland painting landscapes. Depressed with his work and seeking inspiration to develop a personal style, he moved to Brittany then Paris, but was forced to return to Britain due to health problems.”
