"Spanish Landscape with Mountains," Dora Carrington, c. 1924.
It may surprise you, but this seemingly innocuous landscape is considered a work of Surrealism.
Carrington (1893-1932) worked mostly as a designer and illustrator in her life, didn't exhibit, and really didn't become famous for her painting until after her death. She was a member of the Bloomsbury Group and was most famous for her unconventional but loving relationship with critic Lytton Strachey.
She loved traveling in Spain and was deeply impressed by the scenery there. Here he have orange hills with cacti, and some tiny travelers that seem a bit out of perspective. But it's the hills in the middle distance that attract attention; they're the color and texture of human skin and are very evocative of breasts. In her work she sometimes is noted as making the personal public, and she is doing so here.
In recent decades she has become recognized as a significant artist and has been the subject of multiple retrospectives, biographies, and the film "Carrington" where she was played by Emma Thompson.
From the Tate Gallery, London.
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