Leonor Fini (1907–1996) was an Argentinian surrealist painter, designer, illustrator, and author, known for her depictions of powerful women.

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Leonor Fini, Italy, 1933, Photography by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Courtesy of MoMA

Leonor Fini (30 Aug 1907 – 18 Jan 1996) was an Argentinian surrealist painter, designer, illustrator, and author, known for her depictions of powerful women.

Leonor Fini is considered one of the most important women artists of the mid-twentieth century, along with Leonora Carrington, Frida Kahlo, Meret Oppenheim, Remedios Varo, and Dorothea Tanning – most of whom Fini knew well. Her career, which spanned some six decades, included painting, graphic design, book illustration, product design (the renowned torso-shaped perfume bottle for Schiaparelli’s Shocking), and set and costume design for theatre, ballet, opera, and film. In this compellingly readable, exhaustively researched account, author Peter Webb brings Fini’s provocative art and unconventional personal life, as well as the vibrant avant-garde world in which she revolved, vividly in life.

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Leonor Fini, directed by Chris Vermorcken 1h26m

Portrait of an Artist, by Chris Vermorcken. VHS release in England and the United Sates of the 1987 film. French with English subtitles. Produced and distributed by RM Associates (Home Vision). Running time: 86 mins. Re-released in 2000.

Leonor Fini, verso of Metamorphosis, screenprints mounted on wooden panels, printed by Gunter Dietz, 1987

Léonor FINI - Angel of Anatomy - SILHOUETTE ANATOMIQUE (ANATOMICAL SILHOUETTE) — Léonor FINI – Angel of Anatomy – SILHOUETTE ANATOMIQUE (ANATOMICAL SILHOUETTE)

Portrait Konstanty Kot Jeleński, Self-portrait Leonor Fini

Ciekawostka po polsku: Leonor Fini w pewnym momencie swojego życia miała związek z Konstantym Jeleńskim.

Source: https://niezlasztuka.net/strona-glowna/kot-jelenski-leonor-fini-i-stanislao-lepri-porozumienie-dusz-czy-wybryk-nieobyczajny/

Check out also: https://www.theartstory.org/artist-fini-leonor-artworks.htmfor the most important artworks by LeonorFini – that both overview the major creative periods, and highlight the greatest achievements by the artist.