Leonora Carrington, painter

Leonora Carrington (British, 1917–2011) was one of the leading women artists of the Surrealist movement.  She led a remarkable life marked with events such as a romance with Max Ernst, an escape to Spain from the Nazis during World War II, and an expatriate life in Mexico.  Her highly detailed compositions consisting of fantastical creatures and set in otherworldly scenes is based on her intensely personal symbolism.  It’s noted that her painting Juggler (1954) set a new record as the most expensive piece ever sold by a living Surrealist painter.

Her work has been shown at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others.

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