# Leonora Carrington has died; End of the Surrealist Age.

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**Created:** [May 27, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonora-carrington-has-died-end-of-the-surrealist-age/583486 "2011-05-27T21:06:59Z")\
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Born in England, lover of Max Ernst & great artist in her own right, she has died at 94 in Mexico, where she spent most of her life. A summary of her amazing life may be found in the [NY Times obituary](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/27/arts/design/leonora-carrington-surrealist-dies-at-94.html).

More of her paintings [here](http://identicaleye.blogspot.com/2010/04/leonora-carrington.html).