Brewster Arts, New York
Private Collection (acquired from the above)
Gallery Jones, Vancouver
Private Collection
Ariadne Art Advisory and Consulting, Florida
Private Collection (acquired from the above)
New York, Brewster Arts, Ltd., Recent Paintings by Leonora Carrington, November 21 - December 23, 1997
The Female Gaze: Women Surrealists in the Americas and Europe, exh. cat., Heather James Fine Art, New York, 2019, p. 13
British / Mexican • 1917 - 2011
At the core of Leonora Carrington's Surrealist oeuvre is a preoccupation with gender and feminist issues. Born to a wealthy family in Lancashire, England, Carrington demonstrated an interest in art at a young age and enrolled at Chelsea School of Art in London. Carrington first became interested in Surrealism after having attended the 1939 International Surrealist Exhibition, and later entered into a relationship with German Surrealist painter Max Ernst.
Like many European intellectuals and artists, Carrington fled war-torn Europe and settled in Mexico where she was greatly influenced by the cultural and religious syncretism. Carrington's unique Surrealist aesthetic is one that often features females as the central figure and includes fairytale-like imagery.
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