ARMED WITH MADNESS THE SURREAL LEONORA CARRINGTON

A new perspective on the 1930s Paris art scene from an influential surrealist artist, feminist icon, reluctant muse (to Max Ernst)--heiress, rebel, refugee, often quite the demented soul. Perhaps the last of the great surrealists, Leonora Carrington played many roles in her long and extraordinary life. Exchanging her privileged upbringing in prewar England for the more exciting elite of Paris's 1930s avant-garde, she comes to rub shoulders (and more) with the likes of Pablo Picasso, Man Ray, and Salvador Dali. But the demons that have both haunted and inspired her work are gathering, and when the world goes mad with the outbreak of WWII and the Nazi invasion of France, her reality collapses into a terrifying psychotic episode. Eventually fleeing war-torn Europe, she merges into a new and richly creative life in Mexico City, establishing herself as a prodigious painter, writer, and advocate of women's rights. Art of the Art Masters series from Self Made Hero. Mary M. Talbot is an academic turned graphic novelist. Her first graphic novel, Dotter of her Father's Eyes (also with artist Bryan Talbot), won the 2012 Costa Biography Award. Her most recent, Rain (2019, with Bryan Talbot), is a rallying cry to protect the planet. Her previous graphic novels are Sally Heathcote, Suffragette (2014, with Kate Charlesworth and Bryan Talbot) and The Red Virgin (2016, with Bryan Talbot). She is currently visiting professor of graphic narrative at Lancaster University. Multiple award-winning artist Bryan Talbot has been working in comics for more than 40 years. He's produced underground, fantasy, and superhero stories such as Batman and (with Neil Gaiman) Sandman , and graphic novels including The Adventures of Luther Arkwright, The Tale of One Bad Rat, Alice in Sunderland, and the Grandville series. Bryan was awarded a doctorate in arts and another in letters and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.