“The experience of having to flee was reflected in Varo’s paintings of people in transit — sailing in precarious boats, wandering through forests, riding bicycles through town or descending steps — all while wearing contemplative expressions.

“Like other artists who had to live and create under duress, I think her pictorial language is very rich and full of mythology and symbols,” Emmanuel Di Donna, an art dealer who included Varo’s work in his 2019 show “Surrealism in Mexico,” said in a phone interview.

Varo would live in Mexico for the rest of her life, with the exception of a year in Venezuela.” https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/obituaries/remedios-varo-overlooked.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare