Leonora Carrington (UK/Mex, 1917-2011)

Mary Leonora Carrington OBE 
(6 April 1917 – 25 May 2011)
was a British-born Mexican artist, surrealist painter, and novelist. She lived most of her adult life in Mexico City and was one of the last surviving participants in the surrealist movement of the 1930s. Carrington was also a founding member of the women’s liberation movement in Mexico during the 1970s. via Wikipedia

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Leonora Carrington (1917-2011), The Meal of Lord Candlestick, 1938, oil on canvas, 46 x 61 cm (18.12 x 24.02 in).

Leonora Carrington, The Old Maids 1947
Oil on board, 582 x 738 mm, Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts University of East Anglia © Estate of Leonora Carrington / ARS, NY and DACS, London 2015.

Leonora Carrington, Samhain Skin, 1975 Gouache on skin.

Transference 1963 Leonora Carrington 1917-2011 Presented by Tate Americas Foundation, purchased with assistance from the Latin American Acquisitions Committee 2017, accessioned 2021 (x)

Leonora Carrington. 1992 documentary based around a visit to the artist in her home in Mexico City.

Leonora Carrington (1917–2011) Temple of the World, 1954
Oil on Canvas, 100 x 80 cm. (39.4 x 31.5 in.)

Leonora Carrington, The Dark Night of Aranoë, 1976

Leonora Carrington and Leonor Fini, 1952.
Photo by Denise Colomb (1902-2004), colorized by painters-in-color

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Masks by Leonora Carrington, 1959

Leonora Carrington & Alejandro Jodorowsky, Mexico, 1957

Leonora Carrington, Mars Red Predella, 1947. Tempera and sgraffito on prepared panel, 21.2 x 100 cm.

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Leonor Fini (Argentine, 1907 – 1996) & Leonora Carrington (UK / Mex, 1917 – 2011) Photographer Denise Colomb (French, 1902 – 2004)

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