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French-born Mexican painter and writer (1904–1987)

Alice Rahon
Alice Rahon, photograph by Man Ray
Born	Alice Marie Ivonne Philippot (1904-06-08)8 June 1904 Chenecey-Buillon, France
Died	September 1987(1987-09-00) (aged 83) Mexico City, Mexico
Nationality	French-Mexican
Known for	Painting, Writing
Movement	Surrealism
Spouse(s)	Wolfgang Paalen, 1934, ending in divorce Edward Fitzgerald, ending in divorce
Website	alicerahon.org

Alice Phillipot (Alice Rahon) (8 June 1904 – September 1987) was a French-born 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. She was a prolific artist from the late 1940s to the 1960s, exhibiting frequently in Mexico and the United States, with a wide circle of friends in these two countries.

Her work remained tied to surrealism but was also innovative, including abs