Remedios Varo
Spanish artist (1908–1963) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Varo and the second or maternal family name is Uranga.
María de los Remedios Alicia Rodriga Varo y Uranga (known as Remedios Varo, 16 December 1908 – 8 October 1963) was a Spanish [1][2][3] surrealist painter working in Spain, France, and Mexico.
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Born | Remedios Varo Uranga, OR María de los Remedios Alicia Rodriga Varo y Uranga (1908-12-16)16 December 1908 Anglès, Girona, Spain |
Died | 8 October 1963(1963-10-08) (aged 54) Mexico City, Mexico |
Nationality | Spanish |
Education | Escuela de Bellas Artes (1930) |
Known for | Painting |
Movement | Surrealism |
Spouse(s) | Gerardo Lizárraga (1930–???) Benjamin Péret (1936–1959) Walter Gruen (1952–1963) |
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Varo had a difficult life, struggling against poverty and fleeing from war in Spain and then France. In the last thirteen years of her life she found financial stability in Mexico, painting productively until her sudden death in 1963.[4]