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Remedios Varo
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(Or scroll down for images and details. Lenin is a participant in the eBay (EPN) affiliate program) The total overall size is an impressively large 20 x 24 inches with the image size 16 x 20 inches on the finest grade artist canvas available. There is a white border around the image, so it can either be board/dry mounted or stretched with standard OR gallery canvas bars. Your canvas will be rolled in tissue paper and sent in a strong cardboard tube with both top and bottom tightly secured. Unstretched.
Remedios Varo’s Exploración de las Fuentes del Río Orinoco (Exploration of the Sources of the Orinoco River) is one of the artist’s most celebrated visionary journeys — a painting in which travel becomes spiritual quest, scientific expedition and metaphysical awakening all at once. Created during the mature period of Varo’s career, the work perfectly embodies her extraordinary ability to fuse Surrealism, mysticism, symbolism and narrative into a world that feels both fantastical and strangely believable. The painting presents a solitary explorer navigating an uncanny landscape in search of the mythical origins of the Orinoco River. Yet this is no ordinary geographical expedition. In Varo’s universe, journeys are never merely physical; they are inner voyages into hidden dimensions of knowledge and consciousness. Rivers, pathways and vessels recur throughout her work as symbols of transformation, intuition and spiritual passage. The explorer’s fragile craft glides through an environment suspended between dream and reality. Varo’s landscapes often feel ancient yet timeless, shaped less by geography than by states of mind. Here, towering forms, strange vegetation and luminous atmospheres create the impression of a world governed by secret natural laws beyond ordinary human understanding. As with much of Varo’s art, the work combines meticulous technical precision with complete imaginative freedom. Every element appears carefully engineered, from the delicate machinery of the vessel to the intricate textures of the surrounding environment. Her background in technical drawing is evident throughout, giving even the most impossible visions an extraordinary sense of internal logic and coherence. Yet beneath the painting’s narrative surface lies a deeper symbolic structure. The search for the river’s source becomes an allegory for the search for origins themselves — the origins of knowledge, creativity, identity and spiritual truth. Varo’s explorers are rarely conquerors of the external world; they are seekers attempting to uncover hidden realities concealed beneath appearances. Born in Spain in 1908 and later exiled to Mexico after the upheavals of war in Europe, Varo absorbed influences from Surrealism, alchemy, esoteric philosophy, medieval art and modern science. In Mexico she developed the mature style for which she is now internationally admired, creating paintings that stand among the most original achievements of twentieth-century art. Exploración de las Fuentes del Río Orinoco remains one of Varo’s most captivating works because it speaks simultaneously to adventure, mystery and philosophical longing. The painting invites the viewer not simply to observe the journey, but to participate in it — to drift deeper into a world where exploration becomes inseparable from transformation itself. Today, the work stands as a powerful example of Varo’s singular artistic vision: a universe where science and magic coexist, where landscapes become psychological terrains, and where every voyage ultimately leads toward the hidden interior of the self. No Longer Available More: This and other Remedios Varo canvas prints are available @ ebay.com (direct link to Remedios Varo canvas prints) - not sure if those on offer are official or unofficial prints so please check with seller Ultimate Reading |
