Leonor Fini

French (1908 - 1996)

Leonor Fini was a French painter.
Based on ArtValue.ca records, Leonor Fini's estimated art value is C$2,000 (*)

Leonor Fini's work could be available for sale at public auction with prices in the range of C$1,000 - C$2,500, or even much higher.

From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for a mixed media work attributed to Leonor Fini (1908-1996) was C$1,800 - paid for "Portrait (Nude Torso)" at A.H.Wilkens in Toronto on Sun, Sep 20, 2020.
ArtValue.ca has 9 auction art sale records for their mixed media results, with prices in the range of C$1,000 to C$2,500.

Saskatchewan NAC Auction House Biography and Notes

Leonor Fini was an Argentinian and Italian surrealist painter, designer, illustrator, and author, known for her depictions of powerful and erotic women. She decided to become an artist after recovering from an eye disease in her early teen. Although she had no formal art training, she was familiar with Renaissance styles and techniques from her early years in Italy. Her first major exhibition was in 1936 in New York at Julian Levy Gallery. Fini started taking on design projects in the 1930s as a source of extra income. Between 1944 and 1972, Fini's main work was involved in costume designs for films and stage productions. She designed costumes and decorations for theatre, ballet and opera. In the summer of 1986 there was a retrospective at the Musee du Luxembourg in Paris. It featured over 260 works in a variety of media and included watercolours and drawings, theatre/costume designs, paintings and masks. Many of Fini's paintings featured women in positions of power or in very sexualized contexts.

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