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Carrington, Leonora
Carrington, Leonora (1917– ). British-born painter and writer (in French) who took Mexican nationality in 1942. She was born in Lancashire, the daughter of a wealthy textile manufacturer, and from an early age was used to moving in sophisticated society. After being expelled from two convent schools, she went to finishing schools in Florence and Paris, then in 1936 became the first student to enrol at Ozenfant's art academy in London. In 1937 she met Max Ernst and settled in France with him; in the following year she began exhibiting with the Surrealists in Paris. After the outbreak of war in 1939 and Ernst's internment, she fled to Spain, where she suffered a nervous breakdown, recounted in her book En Bas (1943, translated as Down Under, 1944). From Spain she went via Portugal to New York and then settled in Mexico in 1942, following a marriage of convenience to the Mexican poet Renato Leduc. After divorcing him, she married Imre Weisz, a Hungarian photographer. She became a close friend of Remedios Varo, another woman Surrealist who had settled in Mexico, and remained there until she moved to the USA in 1985.
As a painter and writer Carrington has remained a dedicated Surrealist. Her pictures typically feature insect-like humanoids, and her stories deal with an imaginary world where hyenas go to the ball and white rabbits feed on human flesh. A retrospective exhibition of her work was held at the Serpentine Gallery, London, in 1992. |
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IAN CHILVERS. "Carrington, Leonora." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Carrington, Leonora." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-CarringtonLeonora.html IAN CHILVERS. "Carrington, Leonora." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-CarringtonLeonora.html |
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Carrington, Leonora
Carrington, Leonora. See Ernst.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Carrington, Leonora." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Carrington, Leonora." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-CarringtonLeonora.html IAN CHILVERS. "Carrington, Leonora." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-CarringtonLeonora.html |
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Carrington, Leonora
Carrington, Leonora. See Ernst.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Carrington, Leonora." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Carrington, Leonora." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-CarringtonLeonora.html IAN CHILVERS. "Carrington, Leonora." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-CarringtonLeonora.html |
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