Remedios Varo Uranga (December 16, 1908 – October 8, 1963) was a Spanish-Mexican anarchist and para-surrealist painter. She was born in Anglès in the province of Girona, Spain. Her birth name was María de los Remedios Alicia Rodriga Varo y Uranga in. She studied at the Academia de San Fernando de Madrid in 1924. During the Spanish Civil War she fled to Paris where, she found artistic inspiration in the surrealist movement. She was first married to the painter Gerardo Lizarraga, whom she never divorced. She met her second husband, the French surrealist poet Benjamin Péret in Barcelona. While there she was affiliated with the art group, Logicophobiste. They met one another through a mutual friendship with Oscar Dominguez, a Surrealist artist. Learn more »
Paintings by Remedios Varo in Chronological Order
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| Portrait of Grandmother Doña Josefa Zejalvo, 1926 | Eyes on the table, 1938 | Magic grotto, 1942 |
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| Tightrope walkers, 1944 | My friend Agustin Lazo, 1945 | Weird life, 1945 |
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| Gypsy and harlequin, 1947 | Malaria, 1947 | The battle, 1947 |
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| Allegory of Winter, 1948 | Rheumatic pain, 1948 | Pain, 1948 |
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| Cold, 1948 | Rheumatic pain, 1948 | Valley of the Moon, 1950 |
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| Garden of love, 1951 | Premonition, 1953 | Creation with astral rays, 1955 |
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| Cats Paradise, 1955 | Breaking off, 1955 | Revelation (The watch), 1955 |
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| Sympathy, 1955 | Dead Leaves, 1956 | Find, 1956 |
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| Harmony, 1956 | Three destinations, 1956 | Ladies’ Suit, 1957 |
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| Witch going to the Sabbath, 1957 | Alchemy or the Useless Science, 1958 | Farewell, 1958 |
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| The World, 1958 | The rich, 1958 | The Labrador, 1958 |
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| Fantastic animal, 1959 | Homo rodans, 1959 | Disturbing presence, 1959 |
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| Plant, 1960 | Floral bouquet with birds, 1960 | Portrait of Juan Martín, 1960 |
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| Embroidering the Earth’s mantle, 1961 | By Aquarium, 1961 | Aurora, 1962 |
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| Plant architecture, 1962 | As the Volante, 1962 | Still life Reslicitando, 1963 |
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| The Pollution of the Water | Exploring River of The Source Orinonoco | Ascension |
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| Astral Personne | The ladies at Bonhuer | Bankersin Action |
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| Night-fighter | Center of Universe | Cosmic Energy |
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| Creation of the Birds | The Gathering | The Fern Cat |
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| The Minotaur | Abut | Quiador |
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| Phenomenon | Gravity | Towards The Tower |
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| Hairy Locomotion | Ambulatory internship | Invocation |
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| Expedition Aqua Aurea | The Flight | The Call |
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| Emerging Luz | Microcosm | Mimicry |
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| Saljendodel Woman Psychoanalyst | Born Again | Boy And Butterfly |
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| Character | Character | Plant Insumsia |
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| Caravan | Solar Music | Star Catcher |
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| Star Maker | Trasitoen Espiral | Troubadour |
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| Vagabond | Vegeta Vampires | Magic Flight or Zamfonia |
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| The World Beyond | Female spirit of the night | I’ll pass them apart |
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| Vagabond | The task | Lunar reflection |
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| Theft of substance | The emigrants | Creation of the world or microcosm |
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| The Juggler | Amoebiasis or vegetables | The flautist |
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| Centaur tower Landscape | Taurus | The desire |