{"id":360,"date":"2020-11-30T08:27:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T08:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/?p=360"},"modified":"2021-01-26T02:11:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T02:11:09","slug":"unspoken-leaders-of-surrealism-carrington-abercrombie-and-varo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/2020\/11\/30\/unspoken-leaders-of-surrealism-carrington-abercrombie-and-varo\/","title":{"rendered":"Unspoken Leaders of Surrealism: Carrington, Abercrombie, and Varo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Surrealism (b. 1920) was a cultural movement that sought to unleash the potential of the unconscious mind and unite it with the conscious creative, often resulting in juxtaposed, bizarre images. The leaders of this movement were Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte. You&#8217;ve likely heard of Frida Khalo, as well, but do you know any other female names from the surrealist movement? How about in art history; can you list more female artists than you can count on one hand? Let&#8217;s change that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"757\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/leonora-757x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"373\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/?attachment_id=373\" class=\"wp-image-373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/leonora-757x1024.jpg 757w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/leonora-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/leonora-768x1039.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/leonora.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/remedios-varo.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"374\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/?attachment_id=374\" class=\"wp-image-374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/remedios-varo.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/remedios-varo-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/gertrude.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"375\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/gertrude.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/?attachment_id=375\" class=\"wp-image-375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/gertrude.jpg 750w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/gertrude-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><em>All three artists seemed to have close relationships with their cats and had portraits taken with them<\/em> (Left to right)  Leonora Carrington, Remedios Varo, and Gertrude Abercrombie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leonora Carrington<\/strong> (April 6, 1917&nbsp;\u2013 May 25, 2011) was a British-born Mexican artist, and one of the last survivors of the <strong>Surrealist<\/strong> movement. At 19 years old, she was introduced to leading surrealist Max Ernst, who was 27 years her senior and married, at a dinner party. They ran away to Paris, but that was short-lived and Leonora ended up in a psychiatric ward with an eating disorder and paralyzing anxiety. These were very dark times but she was eventually rescued by her nanny in a submarine (and this is not the craziest story from Leonora&#8217;s life). In her memoir, <em>Down Below<\/em>, Carrington recounts the horrific experiences she faced in the ward: &#8220;<em>ruthless institutional therapies, sexual assault, hallucinatory drugs, and unsanitary conditions<\/em>&#8220;. Shortly after this, she became an outspoken socio-political activist and was creating her best art. Carrington stated that: &#8220;<em>I painted for myself&#8230;I never believed anyone would exhibit or buy my work.<\/em>&#8221; She would build up small brushstrokes into stunning imagery that focused in on alchemy, magical realism, symbolism, and her personal experiences of female sexuality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"541\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/183787-541x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"367\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/?attachment_id=367\" class=\"wp-image-367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/183787-541x1024.jpg 541w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/183787-159x300.jpg 159w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/183787.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 85vw, 541px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"585\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/1338-585x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"368\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/?attachment_id=368\" class=\"wp-image-368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/1338-585x1024.jpg 585w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/1338-171x300.jpg 171w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/1338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 85vw, 585px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"387\" height=\"793\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/EU7AJY4UYAELB8x.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"369\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/EU7AJY4UYAELB8x.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/?attachment_id=369\" class=\"wp-image-369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/EU7AJY4UYAELB8x.jpg 387w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/EU7AJY4UYAELB8x-146x300.jpg 146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 85vw, 387px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"880\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/cri_000000459311-1024x880.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"372\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/cri_000000459311.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/?attachment_id=372\" class=\"wp-image-372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/cri_000000459311-1024x880.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/cri_000000459311-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/cri_000000459311-768x660.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/cri_000000459311-1536x1320.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/cri_000000459311-1200x1031.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/cri_000000459311.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"755\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/196b52b01196a109ad34fab591a45cba.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"370\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/?attachment_id=370\" class=\"wp-image-370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/196b52b01196a109ad34fab591a45cba.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/196b52b01196a109ad34fab591a45cba-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/196b52b01196a109ad34fab591a45cba-768x580.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><em>(top left to bottom right) Leonora Carrington is known for her &#8220;dreamlike weirdness&#8221; in paintings such as Portrait of Max Ernst (1939), The Giantess (1947), The Surgeon (1978), And Then We Saw the Daughter of the Minotaur (1953)<\/em> and The Lovers (1987)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Remedios Varo<\/strong> (Dec 16, 1908 &#8211; Oct 8, 1963) was a Spanish-Mexican <strong>surrealist <\/strong>painter who had imagery like no other. She showed promise as an artist early on, and so her father, a hydraulic engineer, would have her copy the technical drawings of his works to improve her understanding and execution of straight lines, radii, and perspective. Unlike most women of her time, Varo was encouraged to be individual and expressive, and her father gifted her with science and adventure books to broaden her education. Her works often featured androgynous figures in tight spaces, which led to a feminist interpretation of her work, although she didn&#8217;t necessarily define them as such.  The main influences on her work include religion, nature, magic, and her fascination with science. Varo was friends with Leonora Carrington, and they had a tight bond that served as another influence for both of them. When Varo passed away from a heart attack, she was referred to as &#8220;<em>the sorceress who left too soon<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/168gnMAIGv4yofsb2Ouls7g-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"385\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/168gnMAIGv4yofsb2Ouls7g-2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/?attachment_id=385\" class=\"wp-image-385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/168gnMAIGv4yofsb2Ouls7g-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/168gnMAIGv4yofsb2Ouls7g-2-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/168gnMAIGv4yofsb2Ouls7g-2-768x641.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"895\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/exploring-river-of-the-source-orinonoco-895x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"376\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/?attachment_id=376\" class=\"wp-image-376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/exploring-river-of-the-source-orinonoco-895x1024.jpg 895w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/exploring-river-of-the-source-orinonoco-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/exploring-river-of-the-source-orinonoco-768x879.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/exploring-river-of-the-source-orinonoco.jpg 935w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"846\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/Remedios_Varo.Simpatia-La-rabia-del-gato-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"381\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/Remedios_Varo.Simpatia-La-rabia-del-gato-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/?attachment_id=381\" class=\"wp-image-381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/Remedios_Varo.Simpatia-La-rabia-del-gato-1.jpg 747w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/Remedios_Varo.Simpatia-La-rabia-del-gato-1-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/Remedios-Varo-Meeting-1-770x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"386\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/Remedios-Varo-Meeting-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/?attachment_id=386\" class=\"wp-image-386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/Remedios-Varo-Meeting-1-770x1024.jpg 770w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/Remedios-Varo-Meeting-1-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/Remedios-Varo-Meeting-1-768x1022.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/Remedios-Varo-Meeting-1.jpg 902w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"689\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/papilla-estelar-3-689x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"384\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/papilla-estelar-3.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/?attachment_id=384\" class=\"wp-image-384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/papilla-estelar-3-689x1024.jpg 689w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/papilla-estelar-3-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/papilla-estelar-3-768x1141.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/papilla-estelar-3-1034x1536.jpg 1034w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/papilla-estelar-3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">(top left to bottom right) <em>Exploring River of the Source Orinonoco (1959), Creation of the Birds (1957), Sympathy (1955)<\/em>, Abut (1959) and Papilla Estelar (1958) <em>by Remedios Varo<\/em>, who believed that &#8220;The dream world and the real world are the same.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gertrude Abercrombie (Feb 17, 1909 &#8211; July 3, 1977) was known as &#8220;the queen of the bohemian artists&#8221; due to her presence in the Chicago jazz scene, an aspect that highly influenced her work. She was close friends with musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Sarah Vaughan, and was an improvisational pianist herself. After attending an art fair, selling some works, and being told by Gertrude Stein she needed to &#8220;draw better&#8221;, Abercrombie started to take her art more seriously. She had a loose, painterly style that depicted barren landscapes, sparsely furnished interiors, and women with connections to sorcery, all of which were self-portraits. Gertrude stated, <em>\u201cI am not interested in complicated things nor in the commonplace, I like to&nbsp;paint simple things that are a little strange.\u201d<\/em> Her health declined in the late 50s due to financial losses, alcoholism, and arthritis, which led to her reclusive lifestyle towards the end. In a retrospective exhibition held just before her death, she said: &#8220;<em>I will go out either in a blizzard or in a blaze of glory.<\/em>\u201d&nbsp;A poetic and humorous statement, just like many of her pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/tumblr_poksn5nQ871r5a0kfo1_1280.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"398\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/?attachment_id=398\" class=\"wp-image-398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/tumblr_poksn5nQ871r5a0kfo1_1280.jpg 668w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/tumblr_poksn5nQ871r5a0kfo1_1280-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"908\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/the-courtship-3-1024x908.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"399\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/the-courtship-3.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/?attachment_id=399\" class=\"wp-image-399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/the-courtship-3-1024x908.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/the-courtship-3-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/the-courtship-3-768x681.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/the-courtship-3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/b1a44e3354d2cfbb7d0626c25b4b7e19-local-artists-oil-paintings.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"393\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/b1a44e3354d2cfbb7d0626c25b4b7e19-local-artists-oil-paintings.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/?attachment_id=393\" class=\"wp-image-393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/b1a44e3354d2cfbb7d0626c25b4b7e19-local-artists-oil-paintings.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/b1a44e3354d2cfbb7d0626c25b4b7e19-local-artists-oil-paintings-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/1144-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"392\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/1144-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/?attachment_id=392\" class=\"wp-image-392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/1144-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2020\/11\/1144-1-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 85vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">(top left to bottom right) Birds, Eggs and Dominoes with Pyramid (1963), <em>The Courtship (1949)<\/em>, Split Personality (1954), and <em>Design for Death (Charlie Parker\u2019s Favourite Painting<\/em>) (1946) by &#8220;Queen of the Bohemian Artists&#8221; Gertrude Abercrombie <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Citations:<br>https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2017\/apr\/05\/the-surreal-life-of-leonora-carrington-joanna-moorhead-review<br>https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leonora_Carrington<br>https:\/\/www.versobooks.com\/blogs\/2275-i-have-no-delusions-i-am-playing-leonora-carrington-s-madness-and-art<br>https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Remedios_Varo<br>https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gertrude_Abercrombie<br>https:\/\/magazine.artland.com\/lost-and-found-artist-series-gertrude-abercrombie\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surrealism (b. 1920) was a cultural movement that sought to unleash the potential of the unconscious mind and unite it with the conscious creative, often resulting in juxtaposed, bizarre images. The leaders of this movement were Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte. You&#8217;ve likely heard of Frida Khalo, as well, but do you know any other &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/2020\/11\/30\/unspoken-leaders-of-surrealism-carrington-abercrombie-and-varo\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unspoken Leaders of Surrealism: Carrington, Abercrombie, and Varo&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11586,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[56],"class_list":["post-360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ides131","tag-surrealism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11586"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":491,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions\/491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}