View Leonora Carrington Background. In 1937 she met max ernst at a party in london. Biography leonora carrington was born in 1917 in lancashire, england and passed away in 2011 at age 94 in mexico city, mexico.

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Leonora carrington was born on april 6, 1917 in clayton green, lancashire, england. (b clayten green, nr chorley, lancs, 6 april 1917). Meet leonora carrington, the surrealist artist who transformed her art into activism, most notably for mexico's women's liberation movement.

(b clayten green, nr chorley, lancs, 6 april 1917).

© 2015 leonara carrington / artists. National museum of women in the arts, gift of wallace and wilhelmina holladay; In 1937 she met max ernst at a party in london. British surrealist leonora carrington was a key part of the surrealist movement during its heyday in paris and yet, until recently, remained a virtual unknown in the country of her birth.