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Carrington, Leonora, 1917-2011

LC control no.n 85062520
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPR6053.A6965
PQ7298.13.A726
Personal name headingCarrington, Leonora, 1917-2011
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Other standard no.1618
Associated countryEngland Great Britain Mexico
Birth date1917-04-06
Death date2011-05-25
Place of birthClayton (England)
Place of deathMexico City (Mexico)
Field of activityPainting Illustration of books
Profession or occupationPainters Illustrators Authors
Found inThe hearing trumpet, 1985: CIP t.p. (Leonora Carrington) data sheet (b. 1917)
LC data base, 7-24-85 (hdg.: Carrington, Leonora, 1917- )
New York times WWW site, May 27, 2011 (in obituary published May 26: Leonora Carrington; b. Apr. 6, 1917, Clayton Green, Lancashire; d. Wednesday [May 25, 2011], Mexico City, aged 94; She was surrealist and onetime romantic partner of Max Ernst whose paintings depicted women and half-human beasts floating in a dreamscape of images drawn from myth, folklore, religious ritual, and the occult)
Associated languageeng