Julian Trevelyan was born in Dorking, Surrey. He was educated
at Bedales School and Cambridge University, where he was a member
of the Experiments group. For several years in the early 1930s
he studied with S W Hayter at Atelier 17 in Paris. His early work
was experimental, his paintings incorporating everyday objects.
At University he had written that "to dream is to create"
and so it was logical that he became one of the English Surrealist
Group in 1936. During service as a camouflage officer in the Royal
Engineers during World War II he declared his religion to be Surrealism.
He was a tutor at the Chelsea School of Art and engraving tutor
at the Royal College of Art. His autobiography Indigo
Days was published in 1957.
