Carrington painter biography

Summary of Leonora Carrington

Leonora Carrington established herself as both a key figure in the Surrealist movement and an artist of remarkable individuality. Her biography is colorful, including a romance with the older artist Max Ernst, an escape from the Nazis during World War II, mental illness, and expatriate life in Mexico.

Carrington painter biography

In her art, her dreamlike, often highly detailed compositions of fantastical creatures in otherworldly settings are based on an intensely personal symbolism. The artist herself preferred not to explain this private visual language to others.

However, themes of metamorphosis and magic, as well as frequent whimsy, have given her art an enduring appeal.

Accomplishments

• Carrington shared the Surrealists' keen interest in the unconscious mind and dream imagery.

  To these ideas she added her own unique blend of cultural influences, including Celtic literature, Renaissance painting, Central American folk art, medieval alchemy, and Jungian psychology.

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