Leonora Carrington, And Then We Saw the Daughter of the Minotaur, 1953
Conversation
Frida Kahlo Working In Bed, 1940
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Frida Kahlo by Antonio Kahlo, 1946
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Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)
Two Nudes in the Forest (The Earth Itself) 1939
oil on metal 25 x 30.2 cm
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Frida Kahlo
Self Portrait Along the Boarder Line Between Mexico and the United States, 1932
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Claude Cahun, Self-portrait, 1921
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Having survived the Nazi occupation of the island during WWII, Claude Cahun takes her cat for a walk, Jersey, the Channel Islands, 1949
Cahun and her lover Moore waged a secret campaign of disinformation & morale-destruction, using a weapon the Nazis never expected: Surrealism.
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It's impossible to exaggerate Cahun's bravery. When the Nazis identified them, they refused to believe two women could be responsible for the resistance.
Claude Cahun, I Extend My Arms, 1931-1932
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The Nazis sentenced Cahun and Moore to death in 1944. They were convinced that Jersey was home to a full-on resistance movement, never suspecting it was all the work of a pair of middle-aged, eccentric lesbians.
Claude Cahun, Self-Portrait, 1928
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They were sentenced to death for encouraging rebellion, and to six months in prison for having a contraband radio. After their sentences were read, Cahun tartly asked the judge which sentence they’d serve first.
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