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Remedios Varo: Mexican-Spanish Painter

Mariana Ayón RV by Mariana Ayón RV
November 7, 2024
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Remedios Varo was a Mexican visual artist and painter who was born in Spain on December 16, 1908 in Anglés, Gerona, Spain. She lived in Mexico from 1941 until her death in 1963 due to a heart attack that led her to leave her work Música del bosque unfinished.

Her artistic work is characterized by mystical surrealism, in which intimate themes are captured, of subjects who confront each other in spaces of an alchemical nature. Her characters are continually creating, either in work or in dialogue, as we see in the works presented here. Her paintings show the dreamlike incursion, dream worlds that seem contradictory, however, they show a continuous confinement. Unlike her sculptures, made with organic remains such as bones, fish bones, as well as other types of articles that could be considered waste, they do, however, preserve the fantastic theme.

With the military coup in Spain in 1936 led by Francisco Franco, Remedios Varo fled to France, where she remained until the Nazis entered Paris. During her stay in Paris she joined the Logicofobist group and movement that sought to represent the mental states of the soul, which permeated her artistic creation.

She participated in different collective exhibitions and it was not until 1956 when she presented her first individual exhibition in Mexico City, which led her to become one of the most recognized artists. Her work can be understood within the magical-surrealist thinking of the Latin American boom era. She was one of the first women to study at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid, where she befriended Esteban Francés, André Bretón, Joan Miró, Leonora Carrington, Gordon Onslow-Ford, César Moro, Eva Sulzer, Frida Kahlo, Octavio Paz, Kati and José Horna, Gunther Gerzso, among other Mexican and foreign intellectuals with whom she shared one of the periods of greatest production not only in Mexico, but throughout the world.

Remedios Varo: Pintora mexicoespañola

Remedios Varo fue una artista visual, pintora mexicana que nació en España el 16 de diciembre de 1908 en Anglés, Gerona, España; vivió en México desde 1941 hasta su fallecimiento en 1963 a causa de un infarto al corazón que le llevó a dejar inconclusa su obra Música del bosque. 

Su obra artística es caracterizada por el surrealismo místico, en las que se plasman temas íntimos, de sujetos que se confrontan en espacios de índole alquimista. Sus personajes continuamente están creando, ya sea en obra o en diálogo, como vemos en las obras aquí presentadas. Sus pinturas muestran la incursión onírica, mundos de sueños que parecen contradictorios, no obstante, se muestra un continuo encierro. A diferencia de sus esculturas, elaboradas con restos orgánicos como huesos, espinas de pescado, así como otro tipo de artículos que podrían considerarse residuos, eso sí, conservando la temática fantástica.

Con el Golpe militar en España de 1936 liderado por Francisco Franco, Remedios Varo huyó a Francia, donde permaneció hasta la entrada de los Nazis a París. Durante su estancia en París se integró al grupo y movimiento Logicofobista que buscaba la representación de los estados mentales del alma, lo que permeó en su creación artística. 

Participó en diferentes exposiciones colectivas y fue hasta 1956 cuando presentó su primera exposición individual en la Ciudad de México, lo que la llevó a constituirse como una de las artistas más reconocidas. Su obra se puede entender dentro del pensamiento mágico-surrealista de la época del boom latinoamericano.

Fue una de las primeras mujeres que estudió en la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando de Madrid, donde entabló amistad con Esteban Francés, André Bretón, Joan Miró, Leonora Carrington, Gordon Onslow-Ford, César Moro, Eva Sulzer, Frida Kahlo, Octavio Paz, Kati y José Horna, Gunther Gerzso, entre otros intelectuales mexicanos y extranjeros con quienes compartió uno de los periodos de mayor producción no sólo en México, sino en todo el mundo.

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Mexican poet and writer. Interested in hispanic-latinamerican cultures. Settled in Mexico, she is currently studying a Master's Degree in History.

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