I did a project on Leonora this past semester in Uni for my women in art history class. I was able to get in touch with her grandson and interview him. It was so amazing to hear him talk about a woman who constantly inspired me as an artist, but to him was his grandmother. His stories were incredible and it was such an amazing experience
Sorry I haven’t replied to everyone, here’s some details. The paper itself was only 1000 words, 500 on the history, 500 on our inspired art project. I didn’t know that before doing the interview but I’m so happy I did. Here’s some snippets from Dr Daniel Weisz, Leonora’s grandson. He told me about his grandmother, how creative and strong willed she was. How they had little inside jokes and he loved to watch her create and paint. My favorite story he told was about her father, how he disowned her and told her “never darken my doorstep with your presence again”, I liked it because he told me about how this young woman, full of determination, who even though in that time period was disowned by a family who was incredibly financially well off, she never regretted it. He told me they visited that side of the family once or twice, her father’s family, and it was odd to him. They were wealthy and incredibly privileged, and sometimes he wondered why Leonora did it, gave up that life but he said she never regretted the experiences and life she gained by leaving. He said she was incredibly funny, a dark, witty sense of humor. She would take him to dinners with high off people, politicians, artists, very wealthy and powerful people and he’d sit next to her and they’d share little jokes. It was honestly incredibly cool to see how he talked about this amazing woman, his grandmother. He showed me some of her art and pointed out that many times, the faces in the paintings were that of her children- Gabriel and Pablo, mainly “The Giantess” where the face is actually that of her son Gabriel. He told me she was a story teller with an incredible imagination steeped in mythology and folklore of her own design. Dr Daniel Weisz is now the manager of her estate, and runs her Instagram account, where he shares her work, that’s how I got in contact with him. He was absolutely lovely, has adorable cats, and was one of the coolest experiences I’ve had.
Omg I loooove Leonora Carrington n this was amazing😍🥰🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🎨I want to thank you for making me part of this wonderful presentation with one of my all time favorite painter💚🤩🦌💀🦉 happy new year to you too and thank you for your amazing work and passion for Art n Artists. Cheers: Tino
I got to see her sculptures in the town square in Aguascalientes when i lived there. It was so cool to see it up close and all the details she put in to her art.
I love the creepy feminine mysticism aspect of Leonora Carrington, Remedios Varo and Dorothea Tannings pieces 🥰 it's such a treat to find in-depth heartfelt coverage of their work. Thanks. B.D
I think this was a very interesting piece. She really had an ability to both depict things very beautifully and serene but also very disturbing. It actually reminds me a bit of Goya in that way, not in the way she painted but how both of them had just that ability to depict both the horrific but also the very beautiful.
My mother moved us to Mexico to be an artist. We were there until the end of 1962. She went to many art shows and went to el Jardin de Arte ( i might have spelled that wrong) and she was becoming successful. She was even invited to new York City to the Friends of Mexico art show, but she died before she could attend. She sold eleven paintings to Vincent Price and some other paintings to the Time-Life building in Chicago. But since i was a kid i really dont know who else she sold her work to. I wonder if she ever ran into this artist while in Mexico.
@@gonesavage I wish. My college psychology professor told me he had seen some of her paintings in the Time-Life building in Chicago. Vincent Price bought 11 of her paintings. Her other paintings were bought by American and European tourists in Mexico. I got a few photos of her paintings. And a few originals. I also got artwork she did when I was around 5 years old when we lived in Orange California. She wanted to work for Disney studios. I have a handful of her artwork she did at the time. It was when she did watercolors, pencil drawings and scratchboard drawings. I even remember watching her do one. I was amazed when she took a white scratchboard, got a brush full of India ink, and with no previous sketching, drew free hand with the brush and ink a rabbit in mid leap. Once it dried she took the scratch pen and filled in the eyes, nose, mouth and all the roundness of the body and skin folds, even the claws on the feet, and the whiskers and ears. It looked so soft and furry and 3 dimensional. She must have used teeny little brushes to put hairs on the cat, squirrels, mice and all. The plants in her watercolors were even easy to identify the species. So much detail. I even saw a watercolor of hers in a magazine once. She wanted to work for Disney and when she showed them her work they liked it. Then they asked her for her college degree. But she didn't have one. They said come back when you have one. So we went to Mexico. Most of her paintings were sold and I have no idea where they went. I know I didn't see them before they were sold. I had a little booklet of photos of her paintings. Just a few. I would have loved to see what Vincent Price picked out of her stuff to buy.
This artist is wonderful and creative and so interesting. This is my choice for a video by you, ALICE NEEL I love her, and my great grandmom (who was an artist also)went to the same art school as her at the same time.❤️ Thank you for another great video🥰 Your my favorite channel.
~ 4:45 Is it just me, or do those fellows in black look as if they could’ve been inspiration for Clive Barker’s Cenobites, from the *Hellraiser* films? Or-at least-the first two, as those are the only ones I’ve ever seen?
Surrealism is one of genre I like a lot. And I have enjoyed Leonora Carrington work. Two suggestion on art video is anther Independent artist. The other is about symbolism.
Matt thank you for a year of really amazing and diverse videos with your really insightfull takes on the artists you have shared with us and the forays into world art too and the beauty in darker side of art and also for show casing the amazing work of artists that have messaged you as well in your indepedent artworks series. I have learnt a lot from your videos which you can tell as an artist yourself you have a different and empathic take on the art and artists you bring us and their lives. So happy you ended this year with a video on Leonra Carringtion. Her painting "self portrait (inn of the dawn horse)" is one of my favourite of her stunning paintings.I still feel the female surrealist artists and their work deserves to be more well known than it is,but glad you are changing this in your own way with your brilliant videos. Hope 2024 is an inspiring year for you and I look forward to more videos from you as well.(matt) P.s maybe you could also look at the work of Kay Sage and Dorothea Tanning two other remarkable female surrealist artists.
worth mentioning, Carrington was whisked off to Paris by Ernst who was twice her age (She was a teenager and had money), and Max was already married at the time. He had just previously did the same thing (eloped and ran off) with Marie Berthe Aurenche before Carrington. Ernst left Carrington in Paris to run off with Peggy Guggenheim. Carrington fled to Spain and spent some time in an asylum. When you consider this, it helps understand the Max Ernst painting a bit better. Max Ernst was very busy.... so to speak...
Hello Mr.Dweller.. I would like too thank you for uploading a video before a the New Year.. I also would like too thank you for bringing videos that are always one of a kind.. Leorona's works are very interesting, and her dream like style that she brings is amazing.. Tino is a great artist also. The detail is unbelivable and i thought all of his pieces were great.. Thanks Mr.Dweller.. I hope you have a great start too the New Year ahead.
Her and Max Ernst might be my fav. surrealists. I'd throw Alfred Kubin in there, but he's a bit earlier and more of a "Symbolist." Thanks for posting this!
I love her work.I found out that I'm related to her as a distant cousin.I was thrilled to know that since she's one of my favorite artists.I would love to have Max Ernst as my art tutor.I never knew about her in art school but only really got to know her work on utube.Great video!
Regarding the Bird Bath: Ernst often visualised himself as a bird and birds appeared in his paintings frequently. It's possible the image also contains references to her leaving her relationship with Ernst behind.
I think the grotesque meal in the first painting represents breaking away from societal norms and doing something unconventional or rebellious we find it grotesque because it's something that we don't do as a society Or that's what I think anyway
I am curious as to how much of those interpretations are true. I think, in many cases, people try to much to put a common sense into painting, adding stories, that really may be just plain simply wrong or disconnected from reality. In my opinion, piece do not need to have a meaning, it's just an emotion, state, captured on a canvas
Love what you said at the end of your narration for this video. You remind me that art can express the dark side without loss of the soul. Also, i love Tino's artworks, I almost want to say that his art is even more pleasing than the famous artist due to his stunning color palettes!
K mixed feedback incoming - Interesting, but had to turn the subtitles on and mute it because good grief why are you talking *like that*? Just talk normally man, your presentation voice is unbearable and I do actually want to hear about this artist >___
