I hope everyone has had or is still having a wonderful relaxing time . I know I have But my life doesn't really change from one day to the next. when you get older you get to be invisible.
Leonora Carrington
established herself as both a key figure in the Surrealist movement and an artist of remarkable individuality. Her biography is colorful, including her romance with an older artist Max Ernst, Who happens to be one of my favorite artist. An escape from the Nazis during World War II, mental illness, and expatriate life in Mexico.
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.
Carrington's work touches on ideas of sexual identity yet avoids the frequent Surrealist stereotyping of women as objects of male desire. Instead, she drew on her life and friendships to represent women's self-perceptions, the bonds between women of all ages, and female figures within male-dominated environments and histories.
Carrington was a rebellious and disobedient child, educated by a succession of governesses, tutors, and nuns, and she was expelled from two convent schools for bad behavior. Carrington was drawn to artistic expression over any other discipline; however, her parents were ambivalent concerning Carrington's artistic inclinations and they insisted on presenting her as a debutante at the court of King George V. When she continued to rebel, they sent her to study art briefly in Florence, Italy.
http://www.theartstory.org/artist-carrington-leonora.htm
Leonora Carrington
established herself as both a key figure in the Surrealist movement and an artist of remarkable individuality. Her biography is colorful, including her romance with an older artist Max Ernst, Who happens to be one of my favorite artist. An escape from the Nazis during World War II, mental illness, and expatriate life in Mexico.
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.
Carrington's work touches on ideas of sexual identity yet avoids the frequent Surrealist stereotyping of women as objects of male desire. Instead, she drew on her life and friendships to represent women's self-perceptions, the bonds between women of all ages, and female figures within male-dominated environments and histories.
Carrington was a rebellious and disobedient child, educated by a succession of governesses, tutors, and nuns, and she was expelled from two convent schools for bad behavior. Carrington was drawn to artistic expression over any other discipline; however, her parents were ambivalent concerning Carrington's artistic inclinations and they insisted on presenting her as a debutante at the court of King George V. When she continued to rebel, they sent her to study art briefly in Florence, Italy.
http://www.theartstory.org/artist-carrington-leonora.htm
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