Maruja Mallo (Viveiro, Galicia, 1902 – Madrid, 1995) was a leading artist of
Spanish avant-garde and
Surrealism, as well as one of the central figures of the "Generation of '27", an important group of artists and writers based in Madrid, which included Rafael Alberti, Salvador Dalí, Federico Garcia Lorca and Luis Buñuel. Her vibrant and diverse artistic output blurred the boundaries between the popular and the avant-garde, between aesthetics and politics, ultimately presenting a feminine worldview from the unprecedented perspective of the modern woman.
