Biography of Leonor Fini -

Leonor Fini (1908-1996) was an Argentina|Argentine
surrealist painter. 

She was born in Buenos Aires to an Italian mother
and a Argentine father, who left the family, when
she was still very young. She grew up in Trieste,
then went to Paris to become a painter. There, she
became acquainted with Paul Eluard, Max Ernst,
Georges Bataille, Henri Cartier-Bresson, AndrÃ©
Pieyre de Mandiargues, and Salvador Dali. She
painted portraits, e.g. of Jean Genet, Anna
Magnani, Jacques Audiberti, Alida Valli, and
Suzanne Flon. She also designed costumes and
decorations for theater. Many of her later
paintings deal with erotic phantasies and death. 

In the 1970s, she wrote three novels and became
friends with Jean Cocteau, Giorgio de Chirico, and
Alberto Moravia. 

==References==
*http://www.leonor-fini.com/Versionanglaise/index_
a.htm Biography at the Gallery Minsky (and
pictures)

==External links==
*http://spaightwoodgalleries.com/Pages/Fini.html
Another biography and pictures of paintings
*http://www.bunkamura.co.jp/museum/event/fini/inde
x.html Exhibition at the Bunkamura, Shibuya, Tokyo
(Japanese)

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Biography of Leonor Fini -