Leonor Fini
1908 Buenos Aires - 1996 Paris
Leonor wird in Buenos Aires geboren, wo sich ihr Vater als erfolgreicher Geschäftsmann niedergelassen hat. Allerdings verlässt ihre Mutter Malvina Braun Dubich, die südslawische, deutsche und venezianische Vorfahren hat, den tyrannischen Ehemann in einer Nacht und Nebel Aktion als Leonor gerade mal 1 Jahr als ist und zieht mit ihr zurück in ihre Heimatstadt Triest (Italien). Nach Entführungsversuchen ihres Vaters wird Fini als Junge verkleidet, wenn sie das Haus verlässt.
Leonor was born in Buenos Aires, where her father established as a successful businessman. However, her mother Malvina Brown Dubich, with South Slavic, German and Venetian ancestors, left the tyrannical husband one night as Leonor was just 1 year olf and went back to her home town of Trieste (Italy). After kidnapping attempts of her father Fini is disguised as a boy, when she left the house.
Leonor was born in Buenos Aires, where her father established as a successful businessman. However, her mother Malvina Brown Dubich, with South Slavic, German and Venetian ancestors, left the tyrannical husband one night as Leonor was just 1 year olf and went back to her home town of Trieste (Italy). After kidnapping attempts of her father Fini is disguised as a boy, when she left the house.
Als fantasievolles und eigensinniges Kind fängt sie schon sehr früh an ununterbrochen zu zeichnen und zu Malen und experimentiert mit Farben und organischen Stoffen, die sie in ihre Bilder integriert. Eine akademische Ausbildung hat sie nicht. 1923 erhielt Leonor einen Schulverweise wegen Aufsässigkeit und bildet sich danach autodidaktisch und mit Hilfe der Familienbibliothek weiter. 1925 zog sie nach Mailand wo sie erste Portrait-Auftragsarbeiten anfertigt und ihre erste Ausstellung hat. Dort lernt sie auch die Maler Carra und Giorgio de Chirico kennen.
As an imaginative and stubborn child she begins very early to draw and paint continuously and experimenting with colors and organic matter that she incorporated into her paintings. She never had an academic training. 1923 Leonor received a school references for insubordination, and creates a self-taught and using their family libary. In 1925 she moved to Milan where she began to paint portraits on commissions and had her first exhibition. There, she met the painter Giorgio de Chirico and Carra.
As an imaginative and stubborn child she begins very early to draw and paint continuously and experimenting with colors and organic matter that she incorporated into her paintings. She never had an academic training. 1923 Leonor received a school references for insubordination, and creates a self-taught and using their family libary. In 1925 she moved to Milan where she began to paint portraits on commissions and had her first exhibition. There, she met the painter Giorgio de Chirico and Carra.
1937 siedelt Leonor nach Paris über, wo sie sich mit Max Ernst, Man Ray und Salvador Dali anfreundet und mit ihnen gemeinsam an einer großen Surealisten-Ausstellung teilnimmt. Allerdings wird sie nie Mitglied bei den Surrealisten, weil sie viel zu freiheitsliebend und unabhängig ist und nichts von den autoritären Dogmen André Bretons und seinen "Gesetzen" hält.
1937 Leonor moved to Paris, where she met Max Ernst, Salvador Dali and Man Ray and jointly participate with them in a large Surealisten exhibition. However, she never beccame a member of the Surrealists, because she is far too freedom-loving and independent, and didn't aprreciated the authoritarian dogma of André Bretons' "laws".
1937 Leonor moved to Paris, where she met Max Ernst, Salvador Dali and Man Ray and jointly participate with them in a large Surealisten exhibition. However, she never beccame a member of the Surrealists, because she is far too freedom-loving and independent, and didn't aprreciated the authoritarian dogma of André Bretons' "laws".
In den 1940er Jahren lebte sie vorwiegend in Monte Carlo, wo eine Reihe von Porträts bekannter Persönlichkeiten, zum Beispiel von Jean Genet, Anna Magnani, Jacques Audiberti, Alida Valli und Suzanne Flon entstand. 1942 lernte sie in Monte Carlo den italienischen Konsul Stanislao Lepri kennen, und lieben und 9 Jahre später den polnischen Dichter Constantin Jelenski was zu einer gelungenen "Menage à Trios" führt bis zu deren Tod 1980 und 1987.
In the 1940s she lived mainly in Monte Carlo, where a series arose of portraits of famous personalities, for example, by Jean Genet, Anna Magnani, Jacques Audiberti, Alida Valli and Suzanne Flo. In 1942 she met in Monte Carlo the Italian consul Stanislao Lepri and fell in love with him and 9 years later with the Polish poet Constantin Jelenski also resulting in a successful "ménage à trios" until their death in 1980 and 1987.
In the 1940s she lived mainly in Monte Carlo, where a series arose of portraits of famous personalities, for example, by Jean Genet, Anna Magnani, Jacques Audiberti, Alida Valli and Suzanne Flo. In 1942 she met in Monte Carlo the Italian consul Stanislao Lepri and fell in love with him and 9 years later with the Polish poet Constantin Jelenski also resulting in a successful "ménage à trios" until their death in 1980 and 1987.
Leonor war aber nicht nur Malerin und Zeichnerin, sondern schrieb und illustrierte auch Bücher und seit Anfang der vierziger Jahre arbeitete sie auch mit große Erfolg als Bühnen- und Kostümbildnerin in Rom, Mailand und Paris und verlieh Schauspielern, Opern und Balletten ein unverwechselbares aussehen.
But Leonor was not only a painter and illustrator, but also wrote and illustrated books, and since the early 40th years she worked a distinctive look with great success as a stage and costume designer in Rome, Milan and Paris and gave actors, operas and ballets.
But Leonor was not only a painter and illustrator, but also wrote and illustrated books, and since the early 40th years she worked a distinctive look with great success as a stage and costume designer in Rome, Milan and Paris and gave actors, operas and ballets.
Ich habe über sie mal eine Film-Biografie gesehen und soviel Eigenwilligkeit und gelebte Exzentrik habe ich bisher noch nie gesehen und das hat mich extrem fasziniert. Sie hat sich auch gern in theatralische Roben gekleidet, aber nicht als Zurschaustellung ihrer Andersartigkeit für andere, sondern einfach weil sie so ist. Das das kann man getrost als "normal kann jeder" bezeichnen. Tiere spielen bei ihr eine besondere Rolle, besonders Katzen von denen sie teilweise 17 Stück hatte.
I once saw a movie biography about her and I've never seen so much originality and lived eccentricity before and that made me very intrigued. She also liked to dress in theatrical robes, but not as a display of her outrageness in front of others, but simply because she was like this. One can dismiss it as "normally is easy for everybody". Animals played a special role for her, especially cats from which she had partly 17.
I once saw a movie biography about her and I've never seen so much originality and lived eccentricity before and that made me very intrigued. She also liked to dress in theatrical robes, but not as a display of her outrageness in front of others, but simply because she was like this. One can dismiss it as "normally is easy for everybody". Animals played a special role for her, especially cats from which she had partly 17.
Ob ihre Bilder und Illustration, die im Phantastischen und Surrealistischen beheimatet sind und dabei zwischen düsterer Zweideutigkeit bis hin zu zarten lieblichen pastellfarbenen Bildern changieren gefallen oder nicht ist eine ganz andere Frage, aber Leonor Fini als Künstlerpersönlichkeit ist zweifelsohne ausgefallen und besonders.
Whether one likes her paintings and illustrations which are owned in the fantastic and surrealistic world who oscillate between gloomy obscurity to delicate sweet pastel paintings or not is another matter, but as an artist Leonor Fini personality is certainly unusual and special.
Whether one likes her paintings and illustrations which are owned in the fantastic and surrealistic world who oscillate between gloomy obscurity to delicate sweet pastel paintings or not is another matter, but as an artist Leonor Fini personality is certainly unusual and special.
Alle, die sich gern an meiner Great Woman Serie beteiligen wollen;
können sich hier verlinken:
All who wish to participate in like my Great Woman series;
All who wish to participate in like my Great Woman series;
previously presented women:
bisher vorgestellte Frauen:
No. 7 - Sonia Delaunay-Terk
No. 6 -Artemisia Gentileschi
No. 5 - Beatrix Potter
No. 4 - Amelia Earhart
No. 3 - Dorothea Tanning
No. 2 - Maria Sybilla Meria
No. 1 - Rachel Ruysch
No. 6 -Artemisia Gentileschi
No. 5 - Beatrix Potter
No. 4 - Amelia Earhart
No. 3 - Dorothea Tanning
No. 2 - Maria Sybilla Meria
No. 1 - Rachel Ruysch
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