BIOGRAPHY
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.
EARLY LIFE
This artist was born on a certain date and lived an odd life as a child.
CAREER
This artist was part of the Surrealist movement [or some adjacent movement] and created works as part of it.
LATER LIFE
Eventually, this artist got much older [and has either died or is now in the later stages of their career].
SELECTED WORKS
EARLY WORKS (1909-1922)
Crucifixion (1913), Oil on canvas
Family Excursions (1919), Oil on canvas
The Young Chimaera (1920), Oil on canvas
The Elephant Celebes (1921), Collage, oil on canvas
Oedipus Rex (1922), Oil on canvas
FIRST FRENCH PERIOD (1923-1940)
Of This Men Shall Know Nothing (1923), Oil on canvas
Ubu Imperator (1923), Oil on canvas
Sea and Sun (1925), Oil on canvas
They Have Slept In The Forest Too Long (1926), Oil on canvas
The Virgin Spanking the Christ Child before Three Witnesses: Andre Breton, Paul Eluard, and the Painter (1926), Oil on canvas
The Giant Snake (1935), Oil on canvas
Barbarians (1937), Oil on cardboard
The Angel of Hearth and Home (1937), Oil on canvas
The Angel of the Home (The Triumph of Surrealism) (1937), Oil on canvas
Epiphany (1940), Oil on canvas
AMERICAN PERIOD (1941-1949)
Day and Night (1941), Oil on canvas
Wizard Woman (1941), Oil on canvas
The Eye of Silence (1943), Oil on canvas
The King Playing with the Queen (1944), Sculpture
Design in Nature (1947), Oil on canvas
SECOND FRENCH PERIOD (1953-1975)
Flower Shell (1956), Oil on canvas
Birth of a Galaxy (1969), Oil on canvas
Red Forest (1970), Oil on canvas
Commonplaces - Girls, Death and Devil (1971), Collage
Configuration No.16 (1974), Oil on canvas
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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- n/a. "Max Ernst." Wikipedia.com. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Ernst