Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, Alchemy And Art - Hardcover

Aberth, Susan L.; Carrington, Leonora

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0853319081 ISBN 13: 9780853319085

Publisher: Lund Humphries Pub Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

This is the first book in English to survey the life and work of Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington (born 1917).
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.
Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, Alchemy and Art provides an overview of this artist's rich body of work. The author considers Carrington's preoccupation with alchemy and the occult, and explores the influence of indigenous Mexican culture and beliefs on her production.

About this title

About the Author:

Susan Aberth is currently Assistant Professor of Art History at Bard College, New York.

Review:

"Documentary photographs and high-quality illustrations of many rarely exhibited works from private collections make this long overdue work essential for all art collections." —Choice

About this edition

• Publisher: Lund Humphries Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0853319081
• ISBN 13: 9780853319085
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160