Max Ernst
(2 April 1891 - 1 April 1976) |
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frottage, grattage Art Work
| Name: |
Max Ernst |
| Gender: |
Male |
| Place of Birth: |
Bruhl, Germany |
| Nationality: |
German |
| Birth: |
2 April 1891 |
| Death: |
1 April 1976 |
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| Past Auctions: |
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Quick Facts
| Known For: |
frottage, grattage |
| Medium: |
oil painting, mixed media |
| Method: |
oil painting, mixed media |
| Style: |
Dada, Surrealism |
| Fine Art Profession(s): |
Painter
Sculptor
Graphic artist |
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Biography
Max Ernst was a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet of the Dada and Surrealist movement. He first began painting in 1909, but his artistic career was put on hold during World War I when he fought in the Germany armies.
Post war, Ernst formed the Cologne, Germany Dada group with Jean Arp and Alfred Grunwald, and by 1922, he had moved to Montparnasse. Constantly experimenting with new techniques, Ernst developed the methods of frottage (rubbings of textured objects used as forms) and grattage (scraping dry paint from the canvas), the latter with fellow painter Joan Miro. Many of his paintings also featured the recurring theme of birds, and Ernst expressed his alter ego in painting as a bird.
When World War II broke out, Ernst fled to America with his affluent patron Peggy Guggenheim. In New York, the influence of Ernst and other artists who had fled Europe sparked the Abstract Expressionism movement in America. In 1953, Ernst moved back to France, where he continued producing works until his death in 1976 in Paris. |
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