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.[1] A prolific artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealism in Europe.[1] 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 later joined the Die Rheinischen Expressionisten group of artists. Ernst's work often featured ironic juxtapositions of grotesque elements with Cubist and Expressionist motifs. He had a fascination with birds, often including his alter ego, Loplop, a bird, in his work. He eventually settled in France and achieved financial success in the 1950s. He died in Paris on 1 April 1976.
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MaxErnst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976) was a German (naturalised American in 1948 and French in 1958) painter, sculptor, printmaker, graphic artist,...
Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck ForMemRS (English: /ˈplæŋk/, German: [maks ˈplaŋk] ; 23 April 1858 – 4 October 1947) was a German theoretical physicist whose...
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Helene, sold forgeries of alleged works by famous artists, including MaxErnst, Heinrich Campendonk, Fernand Léger, and Kees van Dongen. Though he was...
birdlike character that was an alter ego of the Dada-Surrealist artist MaxErnst. Ernst had a ongoing fascination with birds, which often appear in his work...
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left Europe for the United States with her mother, Peggy Guggenheim, and MaxErnst, who later became her stepfather. In the U.S., she studied at Finch College...
issue during the 1920s in Weimar Germany, when German artists such as MaxErnst and Max Beckmann were denounced by Adolf Hitler, the Nazi Party, and other...
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pattern on the surface of the picture plane. This technique was used by MaxErnst, Joan Miró, and later by informal artists. In this pictorial technique...
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showing in his New York gallery, including the German painter MaxErnst. Tanning first met Ernst at a party in 1942. Later he dropped by her studio to consider...
painter MaxErnst and Luise Straus-Ernst, a well-known art historian and journalist. His parents separated in 1922 and divorced in 1926 and Ernst remained...
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subconscious creation methods of Surrealist artists like André Masson and MaxErnst. Artists associated with the movement combined the emotional intensity...
MaxErnst August Bodenstein (July 15, 1871 – September 3, 1942) was a German physical chemist known for his work in chemical kinetics. He was first to...
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