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Max Ernst 1891-1976

Max Ernst is one of the most important German surrealist painters of the 20th century. Born in 1891 in the Rhineland, he attended the humanistic high school in Brühl as a boy. Already at that time he drew with passion. The Abitur is followed by studies in the humanities in Bonn, Ernst has a wide range of interests and attends lectures in philosophy, psychology, psychiatry, Romance studies, German studies and also art history. Giving him a deep insight into the art scene of the last centuries. This knowledge of art history influences his approach to art. The theoretical study is his only training as an artist. Ernst never received any practical training; as an autodidact without academic training as a painter, he became a painter, graphic artist and sculptor. After his military service, he founded the Dada group in Cologne in 1919 together with Hans Arp and Johannes Baargeld. Three years later, in 1922, he goes to Paris and becomes part of the Surrealist movement around the French poet André Breton. He manages to escape the Second World War, ex

Max Ernst

Max Ernst (; German:[ɛʁnst] 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. He had no formal artistic training, but his experimental attitude toward the making of art resulted in his invention of frottage—a technique that uses pencil rubbings of textured objects and relief surfaces to create images—and grattage, an analogous technique in which paint is scraped across canvas to reveal the imprints of the objects placed beneath. Ernst is noted for his unconventional drawing methods as well as for creating novels and pamphlets using the method of collages. He served as a soldier for four years during World War I, and this experience left him shocked, traumatised and critical of the modern world. During World War II he was designated an "undesirable foreigner" while living in France.

Ernst was born in Brühl. He began painting in 1909 while studying at the University of Bonn, and

Max Ernst

German artist (1891–1976)

Max Ernst

Max Ernst in 1968

Born

Maximilian Maria Ernst


(1891-04-02)2 April 1891

Brühl, German Empire

Died1 April 1976(1976-04-01) (aged 84)

Paris, France

NationalityGerman-American-French
Known forPainting, sculpture, poetry
Notable workA Week of Kindness (1934)
MovementDada, Surrealism
Spouses

Luise Straus

(m. 1918⁠–⁠1927)​

Marie-Berthe Aurenche

(m. 1927⁠–⁠1942)​

Peggy Guggenheim

(m. 1942⁠–⁠1946)​

Dorothea Tanning

(m. 1946⁠–⁠1976)​

Max Ernst (;[1]German:[ɛʁnst] 2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976) was a German (naturalised American in 1948 and French in 1958) painter, sculptor, printmaker, graphic artist, and poet.[2] A prolific artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and surrealism in Eu

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