Puri Yáñez (born 1936, Cartagena, Spain) is a Spanish-born artist known for her

surrealist Surrealism is a cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists depicted unnerving, illogical scenes and developed techniques to allow the unconscious mind to express itself. Its aim was, according to ...

oil paintings. Born in 1936 in Cartagena, Spain, and at the age of three she moved with her family to Mexico due to the fall of the

Spanish Republic The Spanish Republic (), commonly known as the Second Spanish Republic (), was the form of government in Spain from 1931 to 1939. The Republic was proclaimed on 14 April 1931, after the deposition of King Alfonso XIII, and was dissolved on 1 A ...

in 1939. She attended the Women's University of Mexico (Universidad Femenina de México) from 1952 to 1955 and at

Faculty of Arts and Design The Faculty of Arts and Design (formerly known as the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas or ENAP), is a college of art in Xochimilco, Mexico City. The school is part the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and is responsible for teaching ...

(previously named Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas) from 1956 to 1958.

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1936 births Living people 20th-century Mexican painters 20th-century Spanish painters 20th-century Spanish women artists 21st-century Spanish women artists Mexican surrealist artists Spanish surrealist artists Spanish emigrants to Mexico Mexican women painters Spanish women painters Women surrealist artists People from Cartagena, Spain {{mexico-painter-stub