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Max Ernst Biography
Max Ernst (2 April 1891 - 1 April 1976) was a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet. A prolific artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealism.
Early life
Max Ernst was born in Bruhl, near Cologne, the third of nine children of a middle-class Catholic family. His father Philipp was a teacher of the deaf and an amateur painter, a devout Christian and a strict disciplinarian. He inspired in Max a penchant for defying authority, while his interest in painting and sketching in nature influenced Max to take up painting himself. In 1909 Ernst enrolled in the University of Bonn, studying philosophy, art history, literature, psychology and psychiatry. He visited asylums and became fascinated with the art of the mentally ill patients; he also started painting that year, producing sketches in the garden of the Bruhl castle, and portraits of his sister and himself. In 1911 Ernst befriended August Macke and joined his Die Rheinischen Expressionisten group of artists, deciding to become an artist. In 1912 he v
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Summary of Max Ernst
German-born Max Ernst was a provocateur, a shocking and innovative artist who mined his unconscious for dreamlike imagery that mocked social conventions. A soldier in World War I, Ernst emerged deeply traumatized and highly critical of western culture. These charged sentiments directly fed into his vision of the modern world as irrational, an idea that became the basis of his artwork. Ernst's artistic vision, along with his humor and verve come through strongly in his Dada and Surrealists works; Ernst was a pioneer of both movements. Spending the majority of his life in France, during WWII Ernst was categorized as an "enemy alien"; the United States government affixed the same label when Ernst arrived as a refugee. In later life, in addition to his prolific outpouring of paintings, sculpture, and works-on-paper, Ernst devoted much of his time to playing and studying chess which he revered as an art form. His work with the unconscious, his social commentary, and broad experimentation in both subject and technique remain influential.
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Max Ernst
German artist (1891–1976)
Max Ernst
Max Ernst in 1968
Born Maximilian Maria Ernst
(1891-04-02)2 April 1891Brühl, German Empire
Died 1 April 1976(1976-04-01) (aged 84) Paris, France
Nationality German-American-French Known for Painting, sculpture, poetry Notable work A Week of Kindness (1934) Movement Dada, Surrealism Spouses Luise Straus
(m. 1918–1927)Marie-Berthe Aurenche
(m. 1927–1942)Peggy Guggenheim
(m. 1942–1946)Dorothea Tanning
(m. 1946–1976)Max Ernst (;[1]German:[ɛʁnst] 2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976) was a German (naturalised American in 1948 and French in 1958) painter, sculptor, printmaker, graphic artist, and poet.[2] A prolific artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and surrealism in Eu
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