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| Description | This is the first book to survey the life and work of Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington (born 1917). nineteen-year-old debutante, she escaped the stultifying demands of her wealthy English family by running away to Paris with her lover Max Ernst. She was immediately championed by Andre Breton, who responded enthusiastically to her fantastical, dark and satirical writing style and her interest in fairy tales and the occult. Her stories were included in Surrealist publications, and her paintings in the Surrealists' exhibitions. ended up in the 1940s as part of the circle of Surrealist European emigres living in Mexico City. Close friends with Luis Bunuel, Benjamin Peret, Octavio Paz and a host of both expatriate Surrealists and Mexican modernists, Carrington was at the centre of Mexican cultural life, while still maintaining her European connections. overview of this intriguing artist's rich body of work. The author considers Carrington's preoccupation with alchemy and the occult, and explores the influence of indigenous Mexican culture and beliefs on her production. | | Release Date | 2004 | | Author | Susan L. Aberth
Leonora Carrington | | Format | Dimensions 25.7x30.0x1.9 cm
168 pages
book | | Publisher | Lund Humphries | | Subject(s) | Art / History / General
Art / European
Art / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)
Art / Individual Artists / Monographs
Art / Caribbean & Latin American
History / Latin America / Mexico |
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