Leonor Fini Oil Paintings at CFM Gallery

1978

Rogomelec (The King of the Jews) is the title painting for
one of Fini’s Surrealist tales written during the 1970’s. The
story is a dream-like fantasy which involves Fini’s themes of
rituals and sacrifices.

One of three books she wrote in that decade - the others were
Mourmour Conte Pour Enfants Velus (Mourmour Fairy Tale
for Hairy Children) and L’Oneiropompe - it proved to be very
successful, especially in its German language edition. Leonor
enjoyed writing and was also a voracious reader. Extremely
literate, she read, wrote and spoke multiple languages including
French, Spanish, her native Italian and German and, though
she pretended not to, English.

One of a series of darkly colored paintings she executed during
this period, Rogomelec calls to mind Fernand Khnopff’s
Sleeping Medusa which Fini had earlier used as the basis
for the painting Extreme Nuit in 1977. Oil on canvas, 49”
x 22”.

La Perle explores many of Fini’s reoccurring themes. The
bound, yet unyielding, central figure recalls the drawings that
seemed to fascinate Leonor; hanged figures - both male and
female.

The title of the painting, begs the question…which is the pearl?
Is it the girl whose opalescence dominates the canvas or could it
be the trap in which she finds herself? The trap being the genesis of a pearl which is, at it’s center, actually nothing more than a gritty grain of sand coupled with an oyster’s attempt to sooth an irritation. Ambiguity abounds…again, as Fini presents the concept that form, matter and purpose are joined by their very existence. Oil on canvas, 41.5” x 26”.

1978

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