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Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington dies | Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington dies |
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Leonora Carrington, considered one of the last of the original surrealist artists, has died at the age of 94, Mexican officials have said. | |
British-born Carrington arrived in Mexico after she escaped from a mental hospital and fled Nazi Europe. | British-born Carrington arrived in Mexico after she escaped from a mental hospital and fled Nazi Europe. |
She settled there, becoming an iconic figure and creating works of art that depicted mythical worlds. | |
As well as creating sculptures and paintings exhibited around the world, she wrote novels, essays and poems. | |
"She was the last great living surrealist," her friend, poet Homero Aridjis said. "She was a living legend." | "She was the last great living surrealist," her friend, poet Homero Aridjis said. "She was a living legend." |
She was known for haunting, dreamlike works focusing on strange ritual-like scenes with birds, cats, unicorn-like creatures and other animals. | |
Life of drama | Life of drama |
She died on Wednesday after suffering from a respiratory illness, Mexico's National Council for Culture and Arts said. | She died on Wednesday after suffering from a respiratory illness, Mexico's National Council for Culture and Arts said. |
Ms Carrington's life was full of dramatic twists and turns. | Ms Carrington's life was full of dramatic twists and turns. |
Born in Lancashire, England, into an aristocratic industrial family in 1917 she took up painting at a young age. | Born in Lancashire, England, into an aristocratic industrial family in 1917 she took up painting at a young age. |
At 20 she moved to Paris, falling in love with Surrealist painter Max Ernst, who was 26 years older than her. | At 20 she moved to Paris, falling in love with Surrealist painter Max Ernst, who was 26 years older than her. |
He introduced her to major figures within the movement including Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Joan Miro and the founder of the group, Andre Breton. | He introduced her to major figures within the movement including Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Joan Miro and the founder of the group, Andre Breton. |
She held her first surrealist painting exhibits in 1938 in both Paris and Amsterdam. | She held her first surrealist painting exhibits in 1938 in both Paris and Amsterdam. |
After Ernst was arrested by the Gestapo in Nazi-occupied France in 1939 she fell into a deep depression and was committed to a psychiatric hospital in Santander, Spain. | After Ernst was arrested by the Gestapo in Nazi-occupied France in 1939 she fell into a deep depression and was committed to a psychiatric hospital in Santander, Spain. |
She managed to escape and, in Lisbon, she married the Mexican poet and journalist Renato Leduc. | She managed to escape and, in Lisbon, she married the Mexican poet and journalist Renato Leduc. |
In 1942 , they travelled to Mexico where she settled permanently, befriending painter Frida Kahlo and future Nobel laureate Octavio Paz. | In 1942 , they travelled to Mexico where she settled permanently, befriending painter Frida Kahlo and future Nobel laureate Octavio Paz. |
She married her second husband, the Hungarian-born writer-photographer Emerico "Chiki" Weisz, in 1946 and had two children. | She married her second husband, the Hungarian-born writer-photographer Emerico "Chiki" Weisz, in 1946 and had two children. |
"She created mythical worlds in which magical beings and animals occupy the main stage, in which cobras merge with goats and blind crows become trees," the National Arts Council wrote. | "She created mythical worlds in which magical beings and animals occupy the main stage, in which cobras merge with goats and blind crows become trees," the National Arts Council wrote. |
"These were some of the images that sprang from a mind obsessed with portraying a reality that transcends what can be seen." | "These were some of the images that sprang from a mind obsessed with portraying a reality that transcends what can be seen." |