Maria Remedios Varo
"Premonition"
Fine Art Oil Canvas
Two Dimensional
1953
Born in the year of 1908, daughter to a skilled engineer whom spent Varo's first eight years traveling staying away from the Spanish Civil War. With the technical drawing influence of her father, she soon enrolled in the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid spending long study sessions with artists learning the new style of art during that time period. Unfortunately the year of 1940 came around and with the invasion of the Nazis she found herself moving to Mexico City where she worked as a commercial artist, restoring pottery and designing costumes. Central America became her new home where she learned a unique painting style that was able to give her pieces of art a remarkable recognizable ability bringing millions in value.
"Premonition" Varo's piece of art depicting the human destiny in the middle of the universe, with stars, planets and the galaxy being presented. A spinning wheel with the presence of three women who are seeing as the representation of the 3 Parques from the Roman mythology who decide birth, marriage and death of humans. The painting is seeing as an indirect criticism to religion and any other force that is meant deny a person's freedom.
Knowing the mythology behind the destiny of a human being gives the viewers a better understanding of the thought in which Varo was able to interpret it in her own viewpoint giving the freedom to envoke a message to those who do not run their own lives as accordingly. The work gives dimension with its settled color use and makes a noticeable impact in reference to its unique style in fantasy in which ideas were brought in.
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