The Forest, 1927-28 - by Max Ernst
WEBErnst's attitude toward the forest as the sublime embodiment of both enchantment and terror can be traced to his experiences in the German forest as a child. His essay "Les Mysteres de la foret," published in Minotaure in 1934, vividly conveys his fascination with the various kinds of forests.
Max Ernst | The Forest | The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation
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Max Ernst, La Forêt [The Forest] - National Galleries of Scotland
WEBMax Ernst. La Forêt [The Forest] © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2023. About this artwork. The dark, mysterious forest is a common subject in German Romantic art and was one of Ernst’s own favourite themes.
The Forest | Work of art | Peggy Guggenheim Collection
WEBof 1924 proclaimed “pure psychic automatism” as an artistic ideal, emphasizing inspiration derived from the chance juxtaposition of forms and the haphazard use of materials. Max Ernst came under the influence of Breton’s ideas in 1924, and soon thereafter developed his frottage or rubbing technique. In making his first , …
Forest and Dove, 1927 - by Max Ernst
WEBMax Ernst created Forest and Dove in 1927. It depicts a nocturnal scene of a forest of bizarre, abstract trees. In the thick of the forest is a childlike depiction of a dove. Both the forest and dove themes have appeared several times in Ernst's works.
Max Ernst - Wikipedia
WEBMax 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] .
Forest and Sun, 1927 - by Max Ernst
WEBIn Forest and Sun, Ernst used this technique to create a petrified forest, which he imbued with a sense of primordial otherworldliness. By scraping away almost-dry paint on the canvas (a process he called grattage), the artist produced the encircled sun at the center of the composition.
Max Ernst Paintings+, Bio, Ideas - TheArtStory
WEBForest and Dove. In this work, Ernst depicts a nocturnal scene of a forest of bizarre, abstract, and threatening trees. The artist frequently rendered thick forests to recall his own feelings and memories of "enchantment and terror" about the woods near his childhood home in Germany.
Forest and Sun - The Art Institute of Chicago
WEBMax Ernst. French, born Germany, 1891–1976. Among his many recollections of childhood, Max Ernst often recounted his fear and fascination with the forest that surrounded his home. He wrote of feeling “delight and oppression and what the Romantics called ‘emotion in the face of Nature.’”.
Max Ernst - MoMA
WEBMax 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.
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