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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Leonor Fini, Untitled, from The Story of O, 1962
By Leonor Fini
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph, titled Sans titre, after Leonor Fini, from the folio L'Histoire d'O (The Story of O), 1962, was published and printed by La Compagnie des Vibliophiles, au ...
Lithograph
Portrait No. 8
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini (Argentine-French, 1907–1996) A fiercely spirited Surrealist unfettered by social mores, Leonor Fini defied convention with her haunting, dreamlike works that explore the...
Paper, Lithograph
Performing Cats
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI Performing Cats 1973 Color lithograph Ed. 157/230 12.5 x 9 inches
Lithograph
Satyricon - Original Lithograph by Leonor Fini - 1970
By Leonor Fini
Located in Roma, IT
Satyricon 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
The Mask
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini (Argentine-French, 1907–1996) A fiercely spirited Surrealist unfettered by social mores, Leonor Fini defied convention with her haunting, dreamlike works that explore the...
Paper, Screen
La Grande Parade des Chats (The Great Parade of the Cats)
By Leonor Fini
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Leonor Fini Title: La Grande Parade des Chats (The Great Parade of the Cats) Year: 1973 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Numbered 1...
Lithograph
Face - Original Lithograph on Cardboard by Leonor Fini - 1970s
By Leonor Fini
Located in Roma, IT
Face is an original colored lithograph on the cardboard, realized by Leonor Fini, an Argentine-Italian painter who spent her artistic career in France and was associated with the Sur...
Lithograph, Cardboard
Femmes en Costumes II
By Leonor Fini
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Leonor Fini Title: Femmes en Costumes Year: c.1970 Medium: Original color engraving Edition: Inscribed E.A (Epreuve d'Artiste, Artist Proof) in pencil Paper: Arches paper Ima...
Engraving
Femmes en Costumes
By Leonor Fini
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Leonor Fini Title: Femmes en Costumes Year: c.1970 Medium: Original color engraving Edition: Numbered 124/275 in pencil Paper: Arches paper Image size 14.5 x 11 inches Sheet ...
Engraving
Untitled (Baby in vase)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Untitled (Baby in vase) 1976 Serigraph Ed. Edition of 175 25.75 x 20.5 inches
Screen
Female Face Lithograph, Signed, Contemporary, Circa 1960, EA Edition
By Leonor Fini
Located in Roma, IT
Female Face is an artwork realized by Leonor Fini in 1960 ca. 61,5x47,5 sheet, 40x32 lithograph, specimen no. EA XXX/XXX. Work hand signed lower right, inscribed "EA" and numbered...
Lithograph
$1,920
3b
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Lithograph on washi paper Exemplaire B/165 Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, i...
Archival Paper, Lithograph
Tete de Jeune Fille, Lithograph by Leonor Fini
By Leonor Fini
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leonor Fini (Argentine / French, 1908-1996) Title: Blind Man's Buff Year: 1970 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed in pencil Size: 25.5 in. x 19.5 in. (64.77 cm x 49.53 cm)
Lithograph
The Couple - Lithograph on Cardboard by Leonor Fini - 20th Century
By Leonor Fini
Located in Roma, IT
The Couple is original colored lithography on the cardboard, realized by Leonor Fini, an Argentine-Italian painter who spent her artistic career in France and was associated with the...
Cardboard, Lithograph
Sclaclaviol
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Paper, Etching
Fellowship (A)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Etching
Jester Cat
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI Jester Cat 1973 Color lithograph Ed. 157/230 12.5 x 9 inches
Lithograph
Profile - Original Lithograph by Leonor Fini - 20th Century
By Leonor Fini
Located in Roma, IT
Profile is original colored lithograph on the cardboard, realized by Leonor Fini, an Argentine-Italian painter who spent her artistic career in France and was associated with the Sur...
Lithograph
Satyricon - Original Lithograph by Leonor Fini - 1970
By Leonor Fini
Located in Roma, IT
Satyricon 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 a man through confident strokes by bright and harmonic colors. The artwork here is resembling of the Roman wall painting...
Lithograph
$1,600
The Bystanders - Hand-signed numbered lithograph Leonor Fini Surrealist, 1975
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
Leonor Fini The Bystanders, 1973 Lithograph 19 3/10 × 27 3/5 in 49 × 70 cm Edition of 75
Lithograph
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Leonor Fini, Untitled, from Satiricon, 1970
By Leonor Fini
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Leonor Fini (1907–1996), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Satiricon, originates from the 1970 edition published by Ariane Lancell, Editeur, P...
Lithograph
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Leonor Fini, Untitled, from Satiricon, 1970
By Leonor Fini
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Leonor Fini (1907–1996), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Satiricon, originates from the 1970 edition published by Ariane Lancell, Editeur, P...
Lithograph
Woman - Etching by Leonor Fini - 1970s
By Leonor Fini
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is an original etching realized by Leonor Fini, an Argentine-Italian painter who spent her artistic career in France and was associated with the Surrealist movement. Good condition except for some light foxings. Hand signed on the back. 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, like animals, plants, or minerals. Her subjects are neither naked nor dressed, their body is crossed by nervous tissues, veins, and blood vessels.
Etching
$3,300
Embrace
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini (Argentine-French, 1907–1996) A fiercely spirited Surrealist unfettered by social mores, Leonor Fini defied convention with her haunting, dreamlike works that explore the...
Paper, Screen
The Outfit
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI The Outfit 1973 Color lithograph Ed. 157/230 12.5 x 9 inches
Lithograph
Surrealist composition - Hand-signed lithograph Leonor Fini Surrealist, 1975
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
Leonor Fini Surrealist composition, 1975 Colored etching on Arches paper 11 × 15 in 28 × 38 cm Limited edition of 185
Lithograph
Adoration
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini (Argentine-French, 1907–1996) A fiercely spirited Surrealist unfettered by social mores, Leonor Fini defied convention with her haunting, dreamlike works that explore the...
Paper, Screen
Beheaded
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Archival Paper, Etching
$620Sale Price|20% Off
Leonor Fini, from La Grande Parade des Chats, hand signed color lithograph
By Leonor Fini
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Leonor Fini Untitled from La Grande Parade des Chats (The Great Parade of the Cats) Color lithograph on Arches paper Hand signed in pencil by the artist numbered 204/230 Published b...
Lithograph
Klévak (Hand-colored)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Paper, Ink, Etching
Portrait No. 13
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini (Argentine-French, 1907–1996) A fiercely spirited Surrealist unfettered by social mores, Leonor Fini defied convention with her haunting, dreamlike works that explore the...
Paper, Lithograph
Profile - Original Lithograph by Leonor Fini - 20th Century
By Leonor Fini
Located in Roma, IT
Profile is original colored lithograph on the cardboard, realized by Leonor Fini, an Argentine-Italian painter who spent her artistic career in France and was associated with the Sur...
Lithograph
Coup de pied (A)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Etching
$2,880
Fourgon
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Paper, Ink, Etching
Sclaclaviol (W)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Paper, Ink, Etching
Submissive
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Archival Paper, Etching
Portrait No. 5
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini (Argentine-French, 1907–1996) A fiercely spirited Surrealist unfettered by social mores, Leonor Fini defied convention with her haunting, dreamlike works that explore the...
Paper, Lithograph
Portrait No. 7
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini (Argentine-French, 1907–1996) A fiercely spirited Surrealist unfettered by social mores, Leonor Fini defied convention with her haunting, dreamlike works that explore the...
Paper, Lithograph
Two Selves
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini (Argentine-French, 1907–1996) A fiercely spirited Surrealist unfettered by social mores, Leonor Fini defied convention with her haunting, dreamlike works that explore the...
Paper, Screen
Portrait No. 14
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini (Argentine-French, 1907–1996) A fiercely spirited Surrealist unfettered by social mores, Leonor Fini defied convention with her haunting, dreamlike works that explore the...
Paper, Lithograph
Portrait No. 10
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini (Argentine-French, 1907–1996) A fiercely spirited Surrealist unfettered by social mores, Leonor Fini defied convention with her haunting, dreamlike works that explore the...
Paper, Lithograph
Portrait No. 6
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini (Argentine-French, 1907–1996) A fiercely spirited Surrealist unfettered by social mores, Leonor Fini defied convention with her haunting, dreamlike works that explore the...
Paper, Lithograph
Tango, Surrealist Etching on Fabriano Italia Paper by Leonor Fini
By Leonor Fini
Located in Long Island City, NY
Tango Color Etching on Fabriano Italia, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 36/280 Image Size: 17 x 14.5 inches Size: 26 x 19 in. (66.04 x 48.26 cm)
Etching
La Tête I
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Paper, Etching
La Tête VI
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Paper, Etching
Les Elus De La Nuit (10B)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI Les Elus De La Nuit (10B) 1986 15 x 11 Etching on Arches paper Ed. 14/31
Etching
La Tête VII
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Paper, Etching
Pkropopoi
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Paper, Etching
$2,040
Fourgon
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Etching, Paper
Metamorphosis Owl (B)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Etching
Le Concile d'Amour, Modern Nude Etching by Leonor Fini
By Leonor Fini
Located in Long Island City, NY
Two women dancing holding hands in a circle as religious figures and another nude look on the scene is the subject of this etching print by Leonor Fini. The work is an illustration of the themes of a satirical play with the same title Le Concile d’Amour...
Etching
Six Nudes, Modern Art Etching by Leonor Fini
By Leonor Fini
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leonor Fini Title: Six Nudes Year: circa 1970 Medium: Etching, Signed and Numbered in Pencil Edition: 110/150 Size: 12 x 15.5 in. (30.48 x 39.37 cm) Frame Size: 22 x 26 inches
Lithograph
Mélika (W)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Paper, Ink, Etching
Cat with Hat
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI Cat with Hat 1973 Color lithograph Ed. 157/230 12.5 x 9 inches
Lithograph
Cat with Flower
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI Cat with Flower 1973 Color lithograph Ed. 157/230 12.5 x 9 inches
Lithograph
La Tête V
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Paper, Etching
Three Dancers (B)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Etching
Pas du chat (B)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Etching
"Untitled" Leonor Fini, Ink on Paper, Signed Drawing, Surrealist Woman, 1965
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
Leonor Fini Nude women, ca. 1965 Ink on paper 13 × 13 in l 33 × 33 cm Frame included - 18 x 18 in l 46 x 46 cm Signed lower right Condition: Excellent condition Leonor Fini (1907–1...
Ink, Laid Paper
Cat in Heels
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI Cat in Heels 1973 Color lithograph Ed. 157/230 12.5 x 9 inches
Lithograph