![]() Most of Varo's works were produced during her stay in Mexico, where she remained until her death. Fleeing World War II, Varo immigrated to Mexico in 1942 there she met other exiled artists, including Leonara Carrington, Wolfgang Paalen, José and Kati Horna with Carrington, Varo established close personal and artistic ties. ![]() In Barcelona, Varo met the French surrealist poet Benjamín Péret, with whom she traveled to Paris in 1937, and became involved with the activities of the surrealist circle. ![]() She participated in the Exposición Logicofobista, organized by ADLAN (Amics de les Arts Nous Friends of the New Art), in 1936. She moved to Barcelona in 1932 and shared a studio with the Catalan artist Esteban Francés. In 1924 she enrolled at the Academy of San Fernando in Madrid. Born in Anglés, a town in Gerona, Catalonia, Remedios Varo was the daughter of an Andalusian hydraulic engineer and a Basque mother. ![]()
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