Carrington, Leonora

Leonora Carrington
(Clayton Green, 1917)

British-born Mexican painter and writer, and amongst the best-known names in Surrealist art. Trained at the Ozenfant´s art academy in London, she became associated with Max Ernst and began exhibiting with the Surrealists in Paris. Her most popular and typical paintings featured insect-like humanoids and an imaginary world where rabbits fed on human flesh and hyenas went to parties. A retrospective exhibition of her works was held at the Serpentine Gallery, in London.

Museums and Collections:

National Museum of Women in the Arts Washington D.C. U.S.
Fundación Proa Buenos Aires, Argentina.
University Art Museum Albany, New York, U.S.

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