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German-born Max Ernst was a provocateur, a shocking and innovative artist who mined his unconscious for dreamlike imagery that mocked social conventions. A soldier in World War I, Ernst emerged deeply traumatized and highly critical of western culture.
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.
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. Early life. Max Ernst was born in Bruhl, near Cologne, the third of nine children of a middle-class Catholic family.
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.
Artist: Max Ernst (French (born Germany), Brühl 1891–1976 Paris) Date: 1937. Geography: (none assigned. Medium: Oil on cardboard. Dimensions: 9 1/2 × 13 in. (24.1 × 33 cm) Classification: Paintings. Credit Line: Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 1998. Accession Number: 1999.363.21.
Max Ernst (1891–1976) is a rarity, a German artist who impressed his French peers with his wit and imagination. He was also an artist who profoundly influenced more than one generation of American as well as European painters: only Picasso played a role as decisive as Ernst in the invention of modern techniques and styles.
Brühl, Germany, 1891–Paris, 1976. Max Ernst was an artist active in Germany, France, and the United States. Throughout his career, he participated in Dada and Surrealism and was closely associated with an international network of artists, writers, and collectors.
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