Retrouvé après 80 ans, un fascinant tableau perdu de Leonora Carrington bientôt exposé à Londres
A long-lost painting by surrealist artist Leonora Carrington, titled *Villa Pilar* (1940), has been rediscovered after more than 80 years. The work was created during Carrington's internment in a Spanish sanatorium and was kept privately by the descendants of the psychiatrist who treated her. It will be publicly exhibited for the first time starting July 1 at the Freud Museum in London as part of the exhibition "Leonora Carrington: The Symptomatic Surreal."
The rediscovery sheds new light on a pivotal yet often overlooked period of Carrington's career, moving beyond the tragic biographical narrative to highlight her artistic evolution. The painting features her signature hybrid creatures and esoteric symbolism, and after its London showing, it will travel to Santander, Spain, where it will be displayed alongside *Down Below*, the only other known work from that period. This find enriches understanding of Carrington's oeuvre, fifteen years after her death.