![]() Leonora despised regimentation and conformity from an early age. Her paintings, sculptures and stories are filled with eccentric beings that shapeshift between plant, animal, human and object, between this world and other worlds. Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) - artist and writer with a distinctive vision within the world of Surrealism. ![]() The debutante The oval lady The royal summons A man in love Uncle Sam Carrington The house of fearĪs they road along the edge Pigeon, Fly! The three hunters Monsieur Cyril de Guindre The sisters Cast down by sadness White rabbits Waiting The seventh horse The neutral man A mexican fairy tale Et in cellicus lunarusm medicalis My flannel knickers The happy corpse story How to start a pharmaceuticals business My mother is a cow With a startling range of styles, subjects, and even languages (several of the stories are translated from French or Spanish), The Complete Stories captures the genius and irrepressible spirit of an amazing artist’s life. Published to coincide with the centennial of her birth, The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington collects for the first time all of her stories, including several never before seen in print. Nowhere are these qualities more ingeniously brought together than in the works of short fiction she wrote throughout her life. ![]() ![]() Surrealist writer and painter Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) was a master of the macabre, of gorgeous tableaus, biting satire, roguish comedy, and brilliant, effortless flights of the imagination. ![]()
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