Artist a Day: Max Ernst

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Artist a day! MAX ERNST (1891-1976) Max Ernst was a German artist. He was considered a painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet. Ernst was an immediate pioneer of the Dada movement and surrealism.

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The Elephant Celebes

Oil paint and collage on canvas, 125.4 x 107.9 cm, 1921

The Dull Military Broods in Front of My Right Wing

Etchings and collage on paper, 54.5 x 42.5 cm, 1975

Max Ernst began utilizing the frottage technique in his art in 1925. This technique applies to spreading a piece of paper on a structured surface and rubbing it of its texture with a pencil.

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A Friends' Reunion

Oil on canvas, 130 x 95 cm, 1922

The Angel of the Home or the Triumph of Surrealism

Oil on canvas, 114 x 146 cm, 1937

“Creativity is that marvelous capacity to grasp mutually distinct realities and draw a spark from their juxtaposition.”

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The World Map Makes a Mockery

Etchings and collage on paper, 54.7 x 41.8 cm, 1975

Loplop Introduces Loplop

Oil paint and collage on wood, 100 x 180 cm, 1930

“All good ideas arrive by chance.”

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Ubu Imperator

Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm, 1923

Europe after the Rain II

Oil on canvas, 54 x 146 cm, 1941

“Painting is neither decorative amusement, nor the plastic invention of felt reality; it must be every time: invention, discovery, revelation.”

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Ernst' Works

Oil on canvas, 196 x 130 cm, 1926 The Virgin Spanking the Christ Child before Three Witnesses: Andre Breton, Paul Eluard, and the Painter

Artist a Day: Max Ernst

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