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[[File:Leonora Carrington at work.jpg|thumb|Leonora at her studio in Mexico when she was painting "Nunscape in Manzanillo". ]]
'''Leonora Carrington''' (Chorley, Lancashire, 1917 - ) is a British-born Mexican surrealist [[painter]], [[sculptor]] and a novelist. In Florence, Italy, she received her first formal training in painting; in London she attended the Chelsea School of Arts and the painting Academy of Amédée Ozenfant. In 1937, she met [[Max Ernst]], with whom she became involved romantically and artistically. In Mexico, with [[Remedios Varo]], she developed an illusionistic [[Surrealism]].
'''Leonora Carrington''' (Chorley, Lancashire, 1917 - ) is a British-born Mexican surrealist [[painter]], [[sculptor]] and a novelist. In Florence, Italy, she received her first formal training in painting; in London she attended the Chelsea School of Arts and the painting Academy of Amédée Ozenfant. In 1937, she met [[Max Ernst]], with whom she became involved romantically and artistically. In Mexico, with [[Remedios Varo]], she developed an illusionistic [[Surrealism]].