Leonora Carrington was a British-Mexican Surrealist artist and a founding member of the women’s liberation movement in Mexico. She was born in 1917 in Lancashire, England, and studied at the Chelsea School of Art. Carrington soon established herself as a key figure in the Surrealist movement, and up until her death in 2011, exhibited extensively in England, Mexico, and across the United States.
In 1936, Carrington met and began a romantic relationship with the older German painter, Max Ernst, who would have a notable influence on her work. After Ernst was arrested for “Degenerate Art,” Carrington was hospitalized with a mental breakdown in Madrid. Following her traumatic experience of shock therapy, she retreated to Mexico in 1942 and resumed painting.
Carrington was the only woman included in a major retrospective of Surrealism at the Pierre Matisse gallery in New York in 1947, where she became an overnight art world sensation. Over time she also emerged as one of the leading voices in Mexico’s suffrage movement, designing many of its rally pamphlets.
Carrington’s dreamlike paintings and prints, comprising highly detailed compositions of fantastical creatures and otherworldly settings, are based on intensely personal symbolism. However, themes of metamorphosis and magic have given her art an enduring appeal. As said by the artist, in her classic novella, The Hearing Trumpet, “Art making is a magic which makes the hours melt away and even days dissolve into seconds."
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Framed Drue Lithograph by Surrealist Leonora Carrington
By Leonora Carrington
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonora Carrington (British-Mexican 1917 - 2011) was a painter, writer, and key figure in Surrealism whose work explored the sacred, the mystical, and the magical in everyday life. B...
Lithograph
$1,200
H 21 in W 29 in
La Corde Sensible, Surrealist Lithograph after Magritte
By (after) René Magritte
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Rene Magritte (after) Title: La Corde Sensible Medium: Lithograph, Signed in Pencil by Georgette Magritte Image Size: 16.5 x 21 inches Sheet Size: 21 ...
Lithograph
$799
H 38.5 in W 24 in D 0.3 in
Original Paris le 14 Juillet Bastille Day vintage travel poster, linen-backed
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Spokane, WA
Original "Le 14 Juillet à Paris" Poster by Gromaire, Linen-Backed, 1956, Excellent Condition. First edition lithograph poster, an after of a 1956 painting by Marcel Gromaire, spons...
Lithograph
$3,880Sale Price|20% Off
H 17.5 in W 23.5 in
Composition, Les Enfants Trouves de Magritte, Rene Magritte (after)
By René Magritte
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Rene Magritte (1898-1967) (after) Title: Composition, Les Enfants Trouves de Magritte Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph in colors on wove paper Size: 17.5 x 23.5 inches Edition: ...
Lithograph
$3,880Sale Price|20% Off
H 17.5 in W 23.5 in
Composition, Les Enfants Trouves de Magritte, Rene Magritte (after)
By René Magritte
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Rene Magritte (1898-1967) (after) Title: Composition, Les Enfants Trouves de Magritte Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph in colors on wove paper Size: 17.5 x 23.5 inches Edition: ...
Lithograph
$770
H 30 in W 22 in
Large Baruch Nachshon Israeli Surrealist Color Lithograph Judaica Israel
By Baruch Nachshon
Located in Surfside, FL
Boruch Nachshon Hand signed lower left Baruch Nachshon, was born in Mandatory Palestine in 1939, in the city of Haifa. Nachshon began to paint in early childhood, and developed his ...
Lithograph
$5,000
H 29.5 in W 30.5 in
Velasquez Le Reddition De Breda by Salvador Dali 1974 lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paonia, CO
Velasquez Le Reddition De Breda is one of six graphics from the series Changes in Great Masterpieces published by Sidney Lucas, 1974. Mas...
Lithograph
Untitled - IX
By Wojtek Kowalczyk
Located in Long Island City, NY
Untitled - IX Wojtek Kowalczyk, Polish (1960) Date: 2005 Lithograph, signed in pencil Size: 19.5 in. x 13.5 in. (49.53 cm x 34.29 cm) Frame Size: 21 x 18 inches
Lithograph
$5,000
H 35.5 in W 22 in
Le Marriage de la Vierge by Salvador Dali Changes in Great Masterpieces series
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paonia, CO
Le Marriage de la Vierge by Salvador Dali and interpreted from the original Raphael painting is one of six graphics from the series Changes in Great Masterpieces...
Lithograph
$514
H 13.39 in W 10.24 in D 0.04 in
Composition - Original Color Lithograph by Antoni Clavé - 1943
By Antoni Clavé
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and dated. Signed on plate. Very good conditions Passepartout included : 49 x 34 cm Image Dimensions : 25 x16 cm This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legis...
Lithograph
$3,880Sale Price|20% Off
H 17.5 in W 23.5 in
Composition, Les Enfants Trouves de Magritte, Rene Magritte (after)
By René Magritte
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Rene Magritte (1898-1967) (after) Title: Composition, Les Enfants Trouves de Magritte Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph in colors on wove paper Size: 17.5 x 23.5 inches Edition: ...
Lithograph
$3,880Sale Price|20% Off
H 17.5 in W 23.5 in
Composition, Les Enfants Trouves de Magritte, Rene Magritte (after)
By René Magritte
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Rene Magritte (1898-1967) (after) Title: Composition, Les Enfants Trouves de Magritte Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph in colors on wove paper Size: 17.5 x 23.5 inches Edition: ...
Lithograph
$3,880Sale Price|20% Off
H 17.5 in W 23.5 in
Composition, Les Enfants Trouves de Magritte, Rene Magritte (after)
By René Magritte
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Rene Magritte (1898-1967) (after) Title: Composition, Les Enfants Trouves de Magritte Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph in colors on wove paper Size: 17.5 x 23.5 inches Edition: ...
Lithograph
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By Leonora Carrington
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonora Carrington (English, 1917–2011) A visionary artist, writer, and sculptor, Leonora Carrington created worlds steeped in magic, mythology, and the subconscious. Originally from...
Paper, Engraving
Crocodrilos Sueños (Crocodile Dreams II)
By Leonora Carrington
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonora Carrington Visionary artist, writer, and sculptor Leonora Carrington (English Mexican, 1917–2011) created worlds steeped in magic, mythology, and the subconscious. Originall...
Bronze
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H 18 in W 24 in
Leonora Carrington, "Crow Soup, " color lithograph, hand signed
By Leonora Carrington
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Leonora Carrington "Crow Soup" 1997 Color Lithograph Image: 18 x 24 inches, Frame size: 28 x 34 inches Hand signed in the image in the right hand corner Numbered 53/95 from the editi...
Lithograph
Crookhey Hall, Surreal Lithograph by Leonora Carrington
By Leonora Carrington
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leonora Carrington, Mexican/British (1917 - 2011) Title: Crookhey Hall Year: 1987 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150 ...
Lithograph
Crookhey Hall, Surreal Silkscreen by Leonora Carrington
By Leonora Carrington
Located in Long Island City, NY
Limited edition lithograph by British-born Mexican artist Leonora Carrington. Carrington played a major role in the Surrealist movement of the 1930s and was a founding member of the women's liberation movement in Mexico during the 1970s. Artist: Leonora Carrington, Mexican/British (1917 - 2011) Title: Crookhey Hall...
Screen
Tuesday, Surreal Silkscreen by Leonora Carrington
By Leonora Carrington
Located in Long Island City, NY
Limited edition silkscreen by British-born Mexican artist Leonora Carrington. Carrington played a major role in the Surrealist movement of the 1930s and was a founding member of the ...
Screen
Tuesday, Surrealist Lithograph by Leonora Carrington
By Leonora Carrington
Located in Long Island City, NY
Limited edition lithograph by British-born Mexican artist Leonora Carrington. Carrington played a major role in the Surrealist movement of the 1930s and was a founding member of the ...
Lithograph
Bird Bath
By Leonora Carrington
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leonora Carrington, Mexican/British (1917 - 2011) Title: Bird Bath Year: 1974 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150, AP...
Screen
Tuesday
By Leonora Carrington
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leonora Carrington, Mexican/British (1917 - 2011) Title: Tuesday Year: 1987 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150; L Size: 25 x 36 inches
Lithograph