Leonora Carrington
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- Leonora Carrington OBE (6 April 1917 - 25 May 2011) was an English-born Mexican artist, 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.
Carrington was born in Clayton Green, Chorley, Lancashire, England. Her father was a wealthy textile manufacturer, and her mother, Maureen (née Moorhead), was Irish. She had three brothers: Patrick, Gerald, and Arthur.
Educated by governesses, tutors, and nuns, she was expelled from two schools, including New Hall School, Chelmsford, for her rebellious behaviour, until her family sent her to Florence, where she attended Mrs Penrose's Academy of Art. She also, briefly, attended St Mary's convent school in Ascot. In 1927, at the age of ten, she saw her first Surrealist painting in a Left Bank gallery in Paris and later met many Surrealists, including Paul Éluard. Her father opposed her career as an artist, but her mother encouraged her. She returned to England and was presented at Court, but according to her, she brought a copy of Aldous Huxley's Eyeless in Gaza (1936) to read instead. In 1935, she attended the Chelsea School of Art in London for one year, and with the help of her father's friend Serge Chermayeff, she was able to transfer to Ozenfant Academy in London (1935-38).
Carrington stated that: "I painted for myself...I never believed anyone would exhibit or buy my work." She was not interested in the writings of Sigmund Freud, as were other Surrealists in the movement. She instead focused on magical realism and alchemy and used autobiographical detail and symbolism as the subjects of her paintings. Carrington was interested in presenting female sexuality as she experienced it, rather than as that of male surrealists’ characterization of female sexuality. Carrington’s work of the 1940s is focused on the underlying theme of women’s role in the creative process.
In Self-Portrait (1938), Carrington offers her own interpretation of female sexuality by looking toward her own sexual reality rather than theorizing on the subject, as was custom by other Surrealists in the movement. Carrington’s move away from the characterization of female sexuality subverted the traditional male role of the Surrealist movement. Self-Portrait (1938) also offers insight into Carrington’s interest in the ‘alchemical transformation of matter and her response to the Surrealist cult of desire as a source of creative inspiration.’ The hyena depicted in Self-Portrait (1938) joins both male and female into a whole, metaphoric of the worlds of the night and the dream. The symbol of the hyena is present in many of Carrington's later works, including "La Debutante" in her book of short stories The Oval Lady.
Her book The Hearing Trumpet deals with aging and the female body. It follows the story of older women who, in the words of Madeleine Cottenet-Hage in her essay "The Body Subversive: Corporeal Imagery in Carrington, Prassinos and Mansour", seek to destroy the institutions of their imaginative society to usher in a "spirit of sisterhood." The Hearing Trumpet also criticizes the shaming of the nude female body, and it is believed to be one of the first books to tackle the notion of gender identity in the twenty-first century. Carrington's views of sexuality, however, differ from contemporary feminists in that she sees maternity as a key experience to femininity. Carrington stated, "We, women, are animals conditioned by maternity.... For female animals love-making, which is followed by the great drama of the birth of a new animal, pushes us into the depths of the biological cave."
Leonora Carrington died on 25 May 2011, aged 94, in a hospital in Mexico City, as a result of complications arising from pneumonia.
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My first Leonora Carrington video:
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Music: Alio Die & Antonio Testa "Honey Mushroom IV"
Sie war eine einzigartige brilliante wunderbare Künstlerin & mit ihren Bildern können wir ihre Welt sehen, wie sie alles wahrgenommen hat. Dankeschön für diaen Beitrag ❤😊
My Spanish teacher introduced me to her work. Ever since I’ve been captivated and in awe.
Here is an artist who knew how to tap deep into the subconscious; these paintings are astonishing and astonishingly beautiful.
Leonora Carrington is one of my inspirations right next to Hieronymus Bosch. You perfectly matched the music to her work. I really like this video, you should have way more likes.♥
One of the very best, I adore both her and Remedios Varo.🌕💛
Mesmerizing
Absolutely brilliant compilation & music - it could’ve gone on a full hour. Well done! 🌹
Sueños que hacen de la realidad un sueño sin historia y sin presente. Volver a nacer mil veces sólo para soñar que no se sueña y no se vive. Prisión de nubes, de colores, de noches con espantos y esperanzas.
Buen trabajo! Un abrazo y un beso desde la distancia.
I am feeling like I'm floating,,,looking into these beautiful paintings,,,,,,I could not feel myself breathing,,,,,,I am very relaxed now,,,,,,
I had and still have to do a few works based on her for school art projects. This helps out so much, and it's so clear. Thanks.
Thanks so much for sharing these paintings & lovely music! Such an inspiration! :)
Thank you very much for watching!
When I am with DistantMirrors I live in a Fairy life!!! Thank you SO MUCH!!!!🥰💖💞💋💋💋
Thank you for watching!
Thanks for the update off your previous video with the magnificent Leonora. You have been a important source for me over the years to discover new painters. Keep up your good work, hope more discover your channel.
Thank you very much!
Absolutly fantastic ♡ Surrealism banzaii~
I wept watching this video
One of my favorites!!!
Very strange... Again, thanks for sharing this video and the other about this artist. Cheers !
amazing visual/sounds
a good survey of her paintings here
Que du bonheur. Des peintures que j avais déjà vue sans en connaître l auteur .🙋💟chose faite. Merci👽
thank you for being you.
Fantástico 👏
She paints LOVELY.
6:28 is fabulous.
SHE IS MY FAVORITE ARTIST OR ONE OF THE MOST EVER,SHE IS DIVINELY SUBLIME ARTIST THIS IS WORK FROM A SHAMAN THAT HAS VISITED MANY TIMES ANOTHER STRANGE BUT EVEN THOSE BIZARRE IT IS ALSO FAMILIAR PLANES OF EXISTENCE IT IS SPIRITUALITY DREAMLIKE-STATES OF CONSCIOUSMIND AND ENDLESS IMAGINATION AND SPECIAL ARTIC GRANDIOSITY.TRULY UNIQUE AND BEAUTYFULL.
I Love Leonora Carrington and Alio Die. Perfect pairing! Fyi: Alio Die used my paintings on the cover of his Honeysuckle album : )
Your paintings are great Tino! Thank you for your kind words!
You're most welcome✌🏼
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Remedios Varo brought me here.
De cuantos multiversos estamos hechos
3:34 _gasps_
GYMNOPEDIE NUMBER 2
Those paintings... I no longer feel the world... It's so absurd
Que estudie Vd. el
espanol ~
Quien hace cesto Harald ciento..
Visteme despacio, que
estoy de prisa ~😘
3:10 Gotta love triangle people.
What style of art is this what grnre
Hello There surrealism
Makes Kahlo look like the npc meme.
Artists have access to our dreams?
Das ist eine interessante Frage ? 😊
Her name is merely coincidence?
I guessing Leonora had issues. To me, her art feels like it is hiding something nasty in the background......just sayin :)
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