Leonora Carrington, whose death was announced today, has long been a heroine and a favourite artist of mine: the works of hers I saw at West Dean courtesy of The Edward James Foundation were a delight to see, and there is something wonderfully magical about her style.
In the past I've written and researched a little about Carrington - my alter life as a scholar of Surrealism, especially English Surrealism demanded it - but her works across all media were so vibrant and compelling, I loved finding out more about her.
Obituaries from the Guardian, and especially the New York Times are worth looking at and reading.
I was rather amused that the Lancashire Telegraph got the local angle in on this "Chorley-born artist", especially given that it was Mexico's national council for culture and the arts that announced her death earlier this week (she had lived in Mexico since the 1940s).
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