Leonora Carrington : surrealism, alchemy and art / Susan L. Aberth
Material type: TextPublication details: Farnham, Surrey Burlington, VT : Lund Humphries , 2010.Edition: 1st pbk. edDescription: 160 p. ; 30 cmISBN:- 9781848220560
- LAS 759.2 CAR
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Latin American Studies | Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. | LAS 759.2 CAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 07/10/2024 | 023321 |
Carrington burst onto the Surrealist scene in 1936, when, as a precocious nineteen-year-old debutante, she escaped the stultifying demands of her wealthy English family by running away to Paris with her lover Max Ernst. She was immediately championed by Andre Breton, who responded enthusiastically to her fantastical, dark and satirical writing style and her interest in fairy tales and the occult. Her stories were included in Surrealist publications, and her paintings in the Surrealists' exhibitions. After the dramas and tragic separations of the Second World War, Carrington ended up in the 1940s as part of the circle of Surrealist European emigres living in Mexico City. Close friends with Luis Bunuel, Benjamin Peret, Octavio Paz and a host of both expatriate Surrealists and Mexican modernists, Carrington was at the centre of Mexican cultural life, while still maintaining her European connections.
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