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Early life
Mary Leonora Carrington or Leonora Carrington as most refer to her as, was born in Chorley, Lancashire,Englandto father Harold Wylde Carrington, a wealthy textile manufacturer, and mother Marie (née Moorhead) was from Ireland. She had three brothers: Patrick, Gerald, and Arthur.she and her brothers were educated by governesses, tutors, and nuns during their childhood in England. But Leonora  was expelled from two schools, including New Hall School, Chelmsford, for her rebellious behaviour, until her family sent her to Florence, where she attended Mrs Penrose's Academy of Art. She also attended St Mary's convent school in Ascot for a short period of time. She was first introduced to surrealist art in 1927, at the age of ten, when she saw her first Surrealist painting in a Left Bank gallery in Paris. Later on in her lire, she met many Surrealists, including Paul Éluard. Although her mother was very encouraging of her career choice as an artist, her father was rather discouraging of her choice to be an artist. In 1935, she attended the Chelsea School of Art in London for one year, and with the help of her father's friend Serge Chermayeff, she was able to transfer to the Ozenfant Academy of Fine Arts established by the French modernist Amédée Ozenfant in London (1936–38). She became more familiar with surrealism from a copy of Herbert Read's book, Surrealism (1936), given to her by her mother, Who was always a great supporter of her as an artist.

Death
Leonora Carrington died on 25 May 2011, aged 94, in a hospital in Mexico City as a result of complications arising from pneumonia.

Themes and major works
Leonora’s work is different from other surrealist because she focused on magical realism and alchemy and used autobiographical detail and symbolism as the subjects of her paintings. Carrington was interested in presenting female sexuality from a female perspective, rather than as that of male surrealists' characterization of female sexuality. Carrington's work of the 1940s is focused on the underlying theme of women's role in the creative process. Leonora's work is identified and compared with the surrealist movement. Within the surrealist movement that began in the early to mid 1900’s, there was a strong exploration of the women's body combining the mysterious forces of nature combined. During this time women artists correlated the woman figure with creative nature while using ironic stances. When painting, she used small brushstroke techniques building up layers in a meticulous manner, creating rich imagery. This was a technique that was also used by her lover Max Ernest who she ended up following and meeting in Spain but found herself tormented after the end of the Spanish Civil War. Ernst was in-prisoned by the Spanish government during the civil war and wh3n Leonora went to Spain to go look for him, she found herself thrown into a mental asylum. Three years after being released from the asylum and with the encouragement of André Breton, Carrington wrote about her psychotic experience in her memoir Down Below.{{cite journal|last=Gaensbauer|first=Deborah B.|title=Voyages of Discovery: Leonora Carrington's Magical Prose|journaCarrington had an interest in animals, myth, and symbolism. This interest became stronger after she moved to Mexico and started a relationship with the émigré Spanish artist Remedios Varo. The two studied alchemy, the kabbalah, and the post-classic Mayan mystical writings, Popol Vuh.

Exhibitions

 * 2020: Fantastic Women Fantastic Women, Louisiana Museum of Modern art, Humlebæk, Denmark, 25 July - 8 November 2020
 * 2019: Surrealism in Mexico Surrealism in Mexico - - Exhibitions - Di Donna Galleries, New York, NY, 25 April – 29 June 2019
 * 2019: LEONORA CARRINGTON, The Story of the Last Egg, GALLERY WENDI NORRIS OFFSITE EXHIBITION, New York, NY, 23 May – 29 June 2019
 * 2018: the Leonora Carrington Museum opens in San Luis Potosí, México.
 * 2018: Leonora Carrington. Cuentos Mágicos, Museo de Arte Moderno de la Ciudad de México, Mexico, April – September 2018
 * 1991: The Mexican Museum, San Francisco, CA (solo)
 * 1990: Art Company, Leeds, England (solo)
 * 1990: Brewster Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
 * 1989: Museo Nacional de la Estampa, INBA, Mexico (solo)
 * 1987: Brewster Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
 * 1987: Art Space Mirage, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
 * 1968: Artistas Británicos en México 1800/1968, Instituto Anglo-Mexicano de Cultura, Mexico
 * 1967: IX Bienal de Pintura, São Paulo, Brazil
 * 1966: Surrealism: A State of Mind, Universidad de California, Santa Barbara, CA
 * 1966: Surrealismo y Arte Fantástico en México, Galeria Universitaria, Aristos, Mexico
 * 1965: Galería Antonio Souza, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
 * 1965: Instituto Cultural Anglo-Mexicano, Mexico (solo)
 * 1965: Galería Clardecor, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
 * 1963: Pinturas de la colección de Edward James, Worthing Art Gallery, Worthing, England
 * 1961: El Retrato Mexicano Contemporáneo, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico
 * 1959: Eros Galerie, Daniel Cordier, Paris, France
 * 1956: Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
 * 1943: First Papers of Surrealism, Madison Avenue Gallery, New York, NY
 * 1943: 20th Century Portraits, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
 * 1942: Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
 * 1938: Esposition du Surréalisme, Galerie Robert, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
 * 1938: Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme, Galerie Beaux-Arts, Paris, France

Works of Art

 * Self-Portrait (Inn of the Dawn Horse), 1936–1937, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection
 * Adieu Ammenotep, 1960
 * Peacocks of Chen, 1976
 * Portrait of Max Ernst, 1939 (private collection)
 * The Inn of the Dawn Horse (Self-Portrait), 1939 (first major Surrealist work) Metropolitan Museum of Art
 * The Temptation of St. Anthony, 1945 (private collection)
 * El Nigromante,1950
 * The Giantess (The Guardian of the Egg), 1947 (private collection)
 * The Old Maids, 1947, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts University of East Anglia
 * The Bird Bath, 1974