Mary Leonora Carrington (1917 –2011) was a British-born, naturalized Mexican surrealist painter and novelist.
She lived most of her adult life in Mexico City and was one of the last surviving participants in the surrealist movement of the 1930s. Carrington was also a founding member of the women’s liberation movement in Mexico during the 1970s.
A friend of Edward James there is a small museum of her work in the small town of Xlitlia
For much more than can be said here see the wikipedia posting here.
See also the work of Rafael Coronel
