Max Ernst
1891-1976
One of the Greatest Painters Of All Time
German Surrealist Painter and Member of the Dadaist Movement
Stylistically influenced by the following painters; August Macke, Man Ray and Jean Arp
Education - Self-taught
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Max Ernst Interesting Facts:
Max Ernst was born on
April 2, 1891 in Bruehl,
near Cologne, Germany
Ernst studied philosophy,
psychology and history of
art at the University of
Bonn from 1909-1914.
As a child Max was strange
and suffered many emotional
crises and a few mental
collapses
As a child Max was strange and suffered many emotional crises and a few mental collapses.
Ernst was married a total of
four times: to Luise Straus,
Marie-Berthe Aurenche,
wealthy art patron Peggy
Guggenheim, and the gifted
Surrealist artist Dorothea
Tanning.
Max Ernst Quotes:
Making money is art and
working is art and good
business is the best art.
All good ideas arrive by
chance. -- Max Ernst Quote
The task of the right eye is
to peer into the telescope,
while the left eye peers
into the microscope. -- Max
Ernst Quote
Painting is not for me
either decorative amusement,
or the plastic invention of
felt reality; it must be
every time: invention,
discovery, revelation. --
Max Ernst Quote
Max Ernst's Greatest Art-Works:
Elephant Celibes 1921
Ubu Imperator 1923-
La Grande Foret 1927
The Embalmed Forest 1933
The Entire City 1936
Echo of the Nymph 1936
The Joy of Living 1937
L'ange du Foyer 1937
The Attire of the Bride 1939
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