Woman Sitting on a Naked Man
Leonor Fini, 1944 Oil on canvas, Private collection © Leonor Fini Estate, Paris.
Yung Girl in Armor / Woman in costume
Leonor Fini, 1938, Oil on canvas, Private collection © Leonor Fini Estate, Paris.
Woman Sitting on a Naked Man
Leonor Fini, 1944 Oil on canvas, Private collection © Leonor Fini Estate, Paris.
Yung Girl in Armor / Woman in costume
Leonor Fini, 1938, Oil on canvas, Private collection © Leonor Fini Estate, Paris.
THE ARCHETYPES OF FEMALE POWER
Fini’s representation of the female body is equally revolutionary and distinctive. Works such as Femme assise sur un homme nu (1942) and Femme en armure II (1938) portray women with armored bodies—far from vulnerable or languid. Not mere muses but protagonists, Fini’s female figures embody a primordial and indomitable force, drawing attention to themes of gender, identity, and self-assertion