Mary Leonora Carrington, British, 1917 to 2011, mixed media drawing on paper depicting a dragon. Signed lower right. Leonora Carrington was a surrealist painter and novelist. She lived most of her adult life in Mexico City and was one of the last surviving participants in the surrealist movement of the 1930s. Carrington was also a founding member of the womens liberation movement in Mexico during the 1970s. Mid Century British Paintings And Art Collectibles.