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Who was Remedios Varo very close with?
Her Grandma
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How many children were there in the Varo family?
Three including Remedios.
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When did the Nazis take over France?
Shortly after her release out of jail
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What year did her and her second husband move to Mexico?
1941
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When was Varo's most productive period?
1953-1963
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What was Remedios' second husband's name?
Benjamín Péret
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What type of school was Varo sent to?
A Catholic School
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Did the Mexican president welcome the Europeans to Mexico? Did he allow them to have a permanent place there?
Yes
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Why did Remedios get arrested?
Because her second husband was against the political system and she was his "companion"
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Did Varo paint much in her first year in Mexico?
No
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DOUBLE POINTS!!!! What were Varo's brothers' names?
Rodrigo Varo Jr. and Luis Varo
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Where did the Varo family live when Remedios was born?
Calle de la Industria (Street of the Industry)
300
How did the Spanish Civil War affect her?
Her brother was killed in it
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Who did Remedios Varo first get married to? When did they marry? How did she meet him?
She married Gerardo Lizarraga in 1930 and he was one of her friends and he was a fellow student at the Academia.
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When did Remedios Varo die and when was she born?
Born: December 16, 1908 Died: October 8, 1963
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Who encouraged Remedios to be an artist? What was the person's name?
Her father, Don Rodrigo Varo
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When she was 15 what school was Varo enrolled in?
Academia de San Fernando
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Where did Remedios and her husband move to because of the Spanish Civil War?
Paris, France
400
What was Remedios' sad and happy big event
she got married and lost restrain of her family
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How did Varo die?
What is She died of a heart attack
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How did her dad help her influence her art?
Her dad was an engineer so he took her to Spain and to Africa
500
Where did Remedios go with her cousins which could've influenced her paintings?
Varo and Uranga families would often vacation during the summer in this seaside town
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What made Varo flee France? Where did she go?
The Nazis took over Paris so she fled to Mexico with her husband.
500
DOUBLE POINTS!!! Why did Remedios move to Paris
To get away from the Spanish War.
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Who donated Varo's art to Museo de Arte Moderno? How many pieces were donated? What year?
Walter Gruen (her husband until she died) donated 38 pieces to Museo de Arte Moderno in 2002
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