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Leonora Carrington : Surrealism, Alchemy and Art by Susan Aberth (2004, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherAshgate Publishing Company

ISBN-100853319081

ISBN-139780853319085

eBay Product ID (ePID)30883064

Product Key Features

Book TitleLeonora Carrington : Surrealism, Alchemy and Art

Number of Pages160 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicCaribbean & Latin American, Latin America / Mexico, History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)

Publication Year2004

IllustratorYes

GenreArt, History

AuthorSusan Aberth

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Length11.7 in

Item Width10.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2004-109939

Dewey Edition0

Dewey Decimal759.2

Table Of ContentContents: Introduction: The magikal art of painting; The reluctant débutante; Ernst, Surrealism and the femme sorcière; Heaven and hell: wartime experiences; The alchemical kitchen: Domestic space as sacred space; Esoteric interests; Bibliography; Index.

SynopsisThis is the first book 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 débutante, 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 André 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 émigrés living in Mexico City. Close friends with Luis Bunuel, Benjamin Péret, 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 a fascinating overview of this intriguing 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., This, the first book on Leonora Carrington (b. 1917), provides a fascinating overview of this intriguing artist's life and rich body of work. Carrington's preoccupation with alchemy and the occult, and the influence of indigenous Mexican culture and beliefs on her production are all explored., This is the first book to survey the life and work of Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington (born 1917). 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. 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. overview of this intriguing 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.

LC Classification NumberND497