MAX ERNST German, 1891-1976
"A painter is lost when he finds himself. The last superstition to remain in Western culture is the fairy tale of the artist's creatorship. Sculpture is created in an embrace with two hands, as in love. It is the simplest, the most original art."
Max Ernst (1891 in Brühl – 1976 in Paris) is one of the most important artists of Surrealism and the modern avant-garde. After early involvement in the Cologne Dada scene, he became a central figure in the international Surrealist movement. Ernst developed innovative artistic techniques such as frottage and grattage, transforming chance textures into complex visual worlds. His oeuvre includes painting, collage, sculpture, and printmaking, characterized by dreamlike and often enigmatic scenes situated between nature, myth, and imagination. His works are held in major international collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Tate Gallery, and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection.
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MAX ERNSTLe mer et le soleil, 1928Oil on canvas54,6 x 65,5 cm
21 1/4 x 25 5/8 in -
MAX ERNSTProtrait de madame Dyer, 1933Oil on canvas24 x 19,2 cm
9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in -
MAX ERNSTMicrobe, 1950/51Oil on canvas7,5 x 7,5 cm
2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in
