REMEDIOS VARO-1908-1963
Born in Spain-moved eventually to Mexico but in between lived in Madrid and Paris of the thirties and forties. Moved to Mexico in 1941 along with many others to escape the Nazis. She was an accomplished surrealist painter well respected in those circles at the time but less known to us today-though a piece of hers recently was auctioned in the millions.
We saw an exhibition of her work at the Guadalahara University recently and was greatly impressed. Each painting can absorb much time in reflection. Some are quite whimsical.
She was interested in the ideas of Carl Jung and to the theories of George Gurdjieff, P. D. Ouspensky, Helena Blavatsky, Meister Eckhart and the Sufis, sacred geometry, alchemy and the I Ching.
For more of her work one can google her name or go here or go here.
Apart from knowing the great artists of the period such as Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera she was a great friend of Leonora Carrington another surrealist and Mexican resident from England.
Cosmic Energy
Cat Heaven
El Gato Helacho (1957)
Taurus
Vegetarian Vampires
The Call
Below- My favourite-The Vagabond
