Creacion de los Aves, Remedios Varo
Remedios Varo, whose painting Magic Flight is the cover image of
The Book of Flying, was born in Spain in 1908. She fled to Paris during the Spanish Civil War, and then to Mexico City following the Nazi occupation of France. In Mexico, she met
Frida Kahlo and
Diego Rivera, and honed her unsettling, dreamlike style. In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in her work, and several major retrospectives have been held. More of her paintings can be see...
Published on April 03, 2010 07:35