Remedios Varo
(Spanish, 1908–1963)
Biography
Remedios Varo was a Spanish painter known for her haunting and iconographic work. A devotee of Hieronymus Bosch, her works, including the painting Nacer de Nuevo (1960), use mystical narratives to convey issues of gender rights and political repression. Born on December 16, 1908 in Anglès, Spain, Varo studied at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid, before fleeing Spain for Paris during the Spanish Civil War. While in Paris, she found friends as well as an audience among the Surrealist community of writers and artists. In 1941, forced to leave France during WWII, Varo settled in Mexico City, where she befriended another exiled painter Leonora Carrington. Tragically at only 33 years old the artist died, on October 8, 1963 in Mexico City, Mexico. Today, Varo is considered among the most important and influential Surrealist artists of the 20th century, her works among the collections of the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. and The Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Remedios Varo
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Benjamin Péret, Robert Rius, Thérèse Caen, Remedios Varo, André Breton
Dessins communiqués, 1937–1939
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.jpg "Bordando el manto terrestre (Embroidering..., 1961")
.jpg "Esquiador (Viajero), 1960")
.jpg "Cara con cabellera de liquen (personaje..., 1947")
Remedios Varo
Cara con cabellera de liquen (personaje..., 1947
Sale Date: March 21, 2024
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.jpg "Niño y mariposa (Niño triste), 1961")
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