Monday, February 6, 2023

Leonora Carrington
(1917 - 2011)
 
Mary Leonora Carrington OBE 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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonora_Carrington
 

Samhain Skin
1975
Gouache on vellum
120,3 x 82,2 cm
NMWA
https://nmwa.org/art/collection/samhain-skin/
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