Remedios Varo

Letters, Dreams, and Other Writings

Janet A. Kaplan

Traces the life of the Spanish artist, shows examples of her paintings and drawings, and discusses her use of surrealism

The Art and Life of Remedios Varo

Unexpected Journeys

Masayo Nonaka

In 1941, Remedios Varo Uranga de Lizarraga arrived at Veracruz in the company of the French surrealist poet Benjamin Péret, as part of an unprecedented wave of refugees from the former Spanish Republic. The administration of President Lázaro Cárdenas granted Varo and Péret political asylum in recognition of their status as artists, guaranteeing them civil liberties and the right to a peaceful life.

The Mexican Years

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

New York Academy of Sciences

The Art of Remedios Varo

Science in Surealism

Terri Geis

Frey Norris Gallery

Indelible Fables

On Homo Rodans and Other Writings

Isabel Castells

Cartas, sueños y otros textos

Ricardo Ovalle

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This book deals with the life and works of one of the most interesting and mysterious surrealist painters of the twentieth century. The first monograph on the artist to circulate worldwide, it includes an introductory study by Masayo Nonaka, curator of the exhibition Women Surrealists in Mexico and author of several books on Mexican surrealism. Masayo's essay provide a singular perspective on the pictorial universe of Remedios Varo and is accompanied by magnificent reproductions of her most important paintings.The group of works included in this book was part of the exhibition In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States, which visited various venues in the Unites States and Canada in 2012.

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