Leonor Fini was the life of the party during the French Surrealist movement. A socialite with connections to some of the movement's biggest names, Fini was also an astoundingly gifted artist in her own right. In fact, many consider her to be the most fiercely independent female artist of the 20th century. A theatrical personality, Fini created prints, paintings and drawings that are widely revered for their sensuous qualities and raw energy.
Fini's life started off in a dramatic fashion, which was perhaps a portent of things to come. She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1907, but her parents separated soon after and her mother took her away to Trieste, Italy. Due to her father's attempts to kidnap her, Fini was often dressed as a boy throughout her childhood.
Fini was surrounded by artistic women in Trieste, and she naturally developed a love for art as well. By the time she was 17, she had become familiar with Renaissance art and Mannerist painting and was exhibiting her own portraits. In 1931, at just 24 years of age, Fini moved to Paris and became acquainted with influential artists Giorgio de Chirico and Carlos Carrà. She also met and started a romantic relationship with Surrealist pioneer Max Ernst, who introduced her to others in the movement.
Though she had no formal art education, Fini proved herself to be both technically masterful and creatively exceptional. Her work and her flamboyant personality attracted the attention of many of the 20th century's most celebrated artists and thinkers, including Salvador Dalí, Jean Cocteau, Albert Camus and Jean Genet, just to name a very few. She exhibited her work in many Parisian art galleries, including the gallery of Christian Dior before the fashion icon became a designer.
In the 1950s, Fini continued painting while immersing herself in other artistic and dramatic endeavors, including theater costume and mask design. She also designed posters for the Paris Opera and wardrobes for movies.
Fini continued living and painting in Paris for the rest of her life. She died in 1996.
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H 15.94 in W 11.61 in
Leonor Fini, Untitled, from Parallelement, 1969
By Leonor Fini
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph, titled Sans titre (Untitled), by Leonor Fini, from the folio Parallelement (Parallel), Illustre de lithographies originales de Leonor Fini (Illustrated wit...
Lithograph
$446Sale Price|25% Off
H 17.72 in W 12.6 in D 0.04 in
Satiricon - Lithograph on Cardboard by Leonor Fini - 1970
By Leonor Fini
Located in Roma, IT
Satiricon is a colored lithograph, realized in 1970 by Leonor Fini, an Argentine-Italian painter who spent her artistic career in France and was associated with the Surrealist movement. Not signed nor numbered. In very good condition. From series "Satiricon de Petron". The artwork represents a portrait of a nude woman with her delicate beauty expressed perfectly through confident strokes by bright and harmonic colors. Leonor Fini (1907-1966) was an emblematic painter, illustrator, writer, scene painter and draftswoman; one of her favorite subjects was human bodies painted with hybrid shapes, as animals, plants or minerals. Her subjects are neither naked nor dressed, their body is crossed by nervous tissues, veins and blood vessels.
Cardboard, Lithograph
$796Sale Price|20% Off
H 15.94 in W 11.61 in
Leonor Fini, Untitled, from Parallelement, 1969
By Leonor Fini
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph, titled Sans titre (Untitled), by Leonor Fini, from the folio Parallelement (Parallel), Illustre de lithographies originales de Leonor Fini (Illustrated wit...
Lithograph
Cat on a Rug
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI Cat on a Rug 1973 Color lithograph Ed. 157/230 12.5 x 9 inches
Lithograph
$476
H 17.72 in W 12.6 in D 0.04 in
Satyricon - Original Lithograph by Leonor Fini - 1970
By Leonor Fini
Located in Roma, IT
Satiricon is original colored lithography, realized in 1970 by Leonor Fini, an Argentine-Italian painter who spent her artistic career in France and was associated with the Surrealist movement. In very good condition. From series "Satiricon de Petron". The artwork represents a portrait of figures with their feeling expressed perfectly through confident strokes by bright and harmonic colors. The artwork here is resembling of the Roman wall painting...
Lithograph
Chimera No. 2
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini (Argentine-French, 1907 - 1996) was an independent and visionary artist whose work defied categorization within Surrealism, despite her association with its key figures i...
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
$796Sale Price|20% Off
H 15.94 in W 11.61 in
Leonor Fini, Untitled, from Parallelement, 1969
By Leonor Fini
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph, titled Sans titre (Untitled), by Leonor Fini, from the folio Parallelement (Parallel), Illustre de lithographies originales de Leonor Fini (Illustrated wit...
Lithograph
$1,036Sale Price|20% Off
H 14.5 in W 10.75 in
Composition, Variations sur l'imaginaire, Leonor Fini
By Leonor Fini
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: hand signed and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Variations sur l'imaginaire, 1972. Published by Philipp...
Lithograph
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