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Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976) was a German (naturalised American in 1948 and French in 1958) painter, sculptor, printmaker, graphic artist, and poet. A prolific artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealism in Europe.
- Moon in a Bottle
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- Men Shall Know Nothing of This
The Handsome Pork-Butcher Francis Picabia. c.1924–6,...
- Forest and Dove
‘Forest and Dove‘, Max Ernst, 1927
- The Entire City
‘The Entire City‘, Max Ernst, 1934 on display at Tate...
- Moon in a Bottle
Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976) was a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet. A prolific artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealism. Max Ernst was born in Brühl, near Cologne, the third of nine children of a middle-class Catholic family.
- April 2, 1891
- April 1, 1976
Max Ernst's artwork evolved from Dada-inspired collages and assemblages to Surrealist paintings and sculptures that delved into the realms of the unconscious and the fantastical. Max Ernst was born on April 2, 1891, in Brühl, near Cologne in Germany to Philip and Luise Ernest.
Apr 2, 1891 - Apr 1, 1976. Max Ernst was a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet. A prolific artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and surrealism.
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Early life
Max Ernst was born in Brhl, near Cologne, the third of nine children of a middle-class Catholic family. His father Philipp was a teacher of the deaf and an amateur painter, a devout Christian and a strict disciplinarian. He inspired in Max a penchant for defying authority, while his interest in painting and sketching in nature influenced Max to take up painting. In 1909 Ernst enrolled in the University of Bonn to read philosophy, art history, literature, psychology and psychiatry. He visited...
Dada and surrealism
In 1918, Ernst was demobilised and returned to Cologne. He soon married art history student Luise Straus, whom he had met in 1914. In 1919, Ernst visited Paul Klee in Munich and studied paintings by Giorgio de Chirico. The same year, inspired by de Chirico and mail-order catalogues, teaching-aide manuals and similar sources, he produced his first collages (notably Fiat modes, a portfolio of lithographs), a technique which would dominate his artistic pursuits. Also in 1919 Ernst, social activi...
World War II and later life
In September 1939, the outbreak of World War II caused Ernst to be interned as an "undesirable foreigner" in Camp des Milles, near Aix-en-Provence, along with fellow Surrealist, Hans Bellmer, who had recently emigrated to Paris. He had been living with his lover and fellow Surrealist painter, Leonora Carrington who, not knowing whether he would return, saw no option but to sell their house to repay their debts and leave for Spain. Thanks to the intercession of Paul luard and other friends, in...
Collages, lithographs, drawings, illustrations, etc.
1. Fiat modes(1919, portfolio of lithographs) 2. Illustrations for books by Paul luard: Rptitions (1922), Les malheurs des immortels (1922), Au dfaut du silence(1925) 3. Histoire Naturelle(1926, frottage drawings) 4. La femme 100 ttes(1929, graphic novel) 5. Rve d'une petite fille qui voulut entrer au carmel(1930, graphic novel) 6. Une Semaine de Bont(1934, graphic novel) 7. Paramythes(1949, collages with poems) 8. Illustrations for editions of works by Lewis Carroll: Symbolic Logic (1966, un...
Sculptures
1. Bird(c. 1924) 2. Habakuk(1934) 3. Oedipus(1934, two versions) 4. Moonmad(1944) 5. An Anxious Friend(1944) 6. Capricorn(1948) 7. The King Playing with the Queen(1954) 8. Two and Two Make One(1956) 9. Immortel(196667) 10. The Assistant, The Frog and The Tortoise(1967)
Many of Ernst's works from Une Semaine de Bont are used in albums by American rock group The Mars Volta. Also, Barefoot in the Head, a collaboration between guitarist Thurston Moore and saxophonist...American rock group Mission of Burma titled two songs after the artist: "Max Ernst" was the b-side of their first 1980 single (now included on the CD of Signals, Calls and Marches), mentioning two...Writer J. G. Ballard makes numerous references to the art works of Max Ernst in his breakthrough novel The Drowned World (1962) and the experimental collection of short stories The Atrocity Exhibit...Europe After the Rain was used by musician John Foxx as the title for the opening track of his 1981 album The Garden.Max Ernst's life and career are examined in Peter Schamoni's 1991 documentary Max Ernst. Dedicated to the art historian Werner Spies, it was assembled from interviews with Ernst, stills of his paintings and sculptures, and the memoirs of his wife Dorothea Tanning and son Jimmy. The 101-minute German film was released on DVD with English subtitles b...
Dada is Dadaretrospective group exhibition at Bildmuseet, Ume University, Sweden, running from 2017-11-17 to 2018-05-20.
Spies, Werner, Karin von Maur, Sigrid Metken, Uwe M. Schneede, Sarah Wilson, and Max Ernst. 1991. Max Ernst: A Retrospective. Munchen: Prestel. ISBN1854370693Werner Spies & Sabine Rewald (eds.), Max Ernst: A Retrospective. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art / New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005. Catalogue of exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of...John Russell. Max Ernst: life and work (New York, H.N. Abrams, 1967) OCLC2034599Bodley Gallery (New York, N.Y.) Max Ernst: paintings, collages, drawings, sculpture: 30 October 25 November 1961: Bodley Gallery, 223 East 60, New York (exhibition catalogue and commentary; publish...Max Ernst at the Museum of Modern ArtMax Ernst on Wikiart.orgMax Ernst, A Retrospective, The Metropolitain Museum of ArtPaintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide, Artcyclopedia- Max Ernst
- 1891-1976
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Max Ernst (1891–1976) Tate. (b Brühl, nr. Cologne, 2 Apr. 1891; d Paris, 1 Apr. 1976). German-born painter, printmaker, collagist, and sculptor who became an American citizen in 1948 and a French citizen in 1958, one of the major figures of Dada and even more so of Surrealism.
Max Ernst, a German painter and sculptor, was born in 1891 in Brühl. His father was the painter Philipp Ernst. Max begins studying philosophy in 1909 at the University of Bonn, but soon abandons his studies to devote himself to art.
