| Alice Rahon | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Alice Marie Ivonne Philippot[1] |
| Born | June 8, 1904 Chenecey-Buillon |
| Died | 1987 Mexico City |
| Nationality | French |
| Field | painting, writing |
| Movement | Surrealism |
Alice Rahon (born June 8, 1904 – died 1987) was a French Surrealist painter and writer.
Alice Rahon was born in the village Chenecey-Buillon in the French Franche-Comté region. In 1931 she met the Austrian painter Wolfgang Paalen whom she married later. She was inspired by his Surrealist poetry. In 1936 she moved to India with Valentine Penrose, and published her poetry book À même la terre followed by Sablier couché in 1939 and Noir animal in 1941.
In 1939 she accompanied Paalen and her friend Eva Sulzer to British Columbia and afterwards to Mexico where they were received by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. At this time Rahon was instructed by Paalen in painting and worked from 1942 until 1944 for the journal „Dyn“, which was founded by Paalen and the Peruvian César Moro. In 1944 she gave her first exhibition in the Galería de Arte Mexicano in Mexico-City.
Today some of her works are exhibited at the Museo de Arte Moderno (MAM).[2]