birth_date: 1907-08-30 00:00:00
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name: Leonor Fini
about: Leonor Fini was an Argentine surrealist painter. Born in Buenos Aires, she was raised in Trieste, Italy. She moved to Milan at the age of 17, and then to Paris, in either 1931 or 1932. There, she became acquainted with, among many others, Paul Éluard, Max Ernst, Georges Bataille, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Picasso, André Pieyre de Mandiargues, and Salvador Dalí. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonor_Fini)"She produced the most outré art, liked to cross-dress and had a penchant for living in ménages à trois. And yet, despite once being infamous around the world, Leonor Fini is all but forgotten these days."(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/ar...) Leonor Fini was an Argentine surrealist painter. Born in Buenos Aires, she was raised in Trieste, Italy. She moved to Milan at the age of 17, and then to Paris, in either 1931 or 1932. There, she became acquainted with, among many others, Paul Éluard, Max Ernst, Georges Bataille, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Picasso, André Pieyre de Mandiargues, and Salvador Dalí. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonor_Fini)"She produced the most outré art, liked to cross-dress and had a penchant for living in ménages à trois. And yet, despite once being infamous around the world, Leonor Fini is all but forgotten these days."(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/ar...) ...more
death_date: 1996-01-18 00:00:00