Alice Rahon Paalen

Alice Marie Yvonne Philppot was a French/Mexican poet and artist, whose work contributed to the beginning of abstract expression in Mexico. She began as a surrealist poet in Europe, but began painting in Mexico. In 1931, she met artist Wolfgang Paalen and they married in 1934. With him she became involved with the Surrealism movement, published poetry under the name Alice Paalen. In 1947, Alice and Paalen divorced and she named herself Alice Rahon.