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Leonora Carrington
AuthorBooks · Second hand1917-2011
Mary Leonora Carrington was a British and Mexican 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.
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About Leonora Carrington
Birth
1917
Death
2011
First book
1941
Years writing
14
Mary Leonora Carrington was a British and Mexican 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.
Leonora Carrington was a multifaceted artist who excelled in both surrealist painting and literature.
Born in the United Kingdom, she developed much of her career in Mexico, a country she adopted as her home and source of inspiration.
Her most renowned work, The Hearing Trumpet, is a fundamental piece of her fantastic narrative.
Beyond being a painter and novelist, Carrington explored disciplines such as sculpture and set design with great mastery.
Throughout her life, she used the pseudonym Leduc, also known as Mrs. Renato, in various personal and creative contexts.
