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View all 112 artworks. Remedios Varo lived in the XX cent., a remarkable figure of Spanish-Mexican Surrealism. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
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- The Flautist
‘The flautist’ was created by Remedios Varo in Surrealism...
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Remedios Varo was born María de los Remedios Alicia Rodriga Varo y Uranga in the small town of Anglès, located in the province of Girona in Spain. Her father, Rodrigo Varo y Zajalvo, was a hydraulic engineer, whose work often necessitated moving his family throughout Spain and North Africa. This disruption had a profound effect on Varo, and, as if ...
Varo described how "at the age of 12, I painted my first painting of my grandmother, which met an understanding response from my father." In 1924, a time when few women were allowed into art school, Varo was admitted to Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid. She was only 15 when she moved to the city and it was an experience that ...
In 1936 Varo met Benjamin Péret, a Surrealist poet who was a close friend of André Bretonand a political activist who had come to Spain to support the Spanish Republic. When he returned to Paris in 1937, Varo went with him. Although very much in love, the couple's life was marked by poverty and political uncertainty, and Varo's opinion of the alter...
In 1950, Varo married a friend, Walter Gruen, an Austrian refugee, who had become a successful businessman in Mexico. Gruen's emotional and economic support allowed Varo for the first time to devote herself utterly and without restriction only to her art. As a result, she worked arduously and became prolific, making the paintings created during the...
Varo and her work quickly became legendary in Mexico. Following her death, the art critics of Novedades called her "one of the most individual and extraordinary painters of Mexican art." Solo retrospectives of her work opened in 1964, 1971, and 1983 in Mexico. A major book, Obras de Remedios Varo, was published following the first retrospective and...
- December 16, 1908
- October 8, 1963
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María de los Remedios Alicia Rodriga Varo y Uranga (known as Remedios Varo, 16 December 1908 – 8 October 1963) was a Spanish surrealist painter working in Spain, France, and Mexico. Varo had a difficult life, struggling against poverty and fleeing from war in Spain and then France .
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Mar 21, 2023 · Although women weren’t really accepted in the surrealist movement when it was established, Remedios Varo is now considered one of the most talented surrealist women artists. She created 384 works of art throughout her career.
- Susanna Andrews
Oct 30, 2020 · Varo blended Renaissance and Surrealist painting techniques in her work. In one of her best-known paintings, a juggler (or magician) transfixes a crowd of near-identical figures clad in a...
- Tessa Solomon
By the time of Varo’s death 1963, the artist had created over 500 works, most produced in Mexico. Like the magician in her painting, Varo aspired to reveal hidden metaphysical wonders through close observation and meticulous technique.
Apr 29, 2024 · Remedios Varo, a Spanish-Mexican surrealist artist born in 1908, is renowned for her enchanting and enigmatic paintings that blend fantasy, science, and mysticism. Her works often feature intricate dreamscapes, mystical symbols, and imaginative narratives, inviting viewers into a world of magic and mystery.
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