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[[File:Leonora Carrington at work.jpg|thumb|Leonora at her studio in Mexico when she was painting "Nunscape at Manzanillo". ]]

[[File:Leonora Carrington at work.jpg|thumb|Leonora at her studio in Mexico when she was painting "Nunscape at Manzanillo". ]]

'''Leonora Carrington''' (Chorley, Lancashire, 1917 - [[Mexico City]], 2011) was 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 - [[Mexico City]], 2011) was 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. Carrington was a member of a rare trio of Mexico-based female surrealists along with [[Frida Kahlo]] and Remedios Varo; with [[Remedios Varo]], she developed an illusionistic [[Surrealism]].  

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[[File:Carrington Portrait of Max Ernst.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Max Ernst, 1939.]]

[[File:Carrington Portrait of Max Ernst.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Max Ernst, 1939.]]

Carrington married photographer Chiqui Weisz in 1946. Carrington has spent many years in [[Mexico]], a country that has offered her enormous inspiration, with its many legends and rich mythology. During her life in Mexico, she has created an enormous body of artistic work, creating hundreds of wonderful paintings, sculptures as well as writing her most important books. [http://www.carringtonleo.5u.com/leoweb/leobio.htm]

Carrington married photographer Emerico "Chiqui" Weisz in 1946. Carrington has spent many years in [[Mexico]], a country that has offered her enormous inspiration, with its many legends and rich mythology. During her life in Mexico, she has created an enormous body of artistic work, creating hundreds of wonderful paintings, sculptures as well as writing her most important books. [http://www.carringtonleo.5u.com/leoweb/leobio.htm]

 

Mexican writer Elena Poniatowska has won the Barcelona prize "Biblioteca Breve de Novela", 2011, for his novel about the life of Leonora Carrington.

Mexican writer Elena Poniatowska has won the Barcelona prize "Biblioteca Breve de Novela", 2011, for his novel about the life of Leonora Carrington.