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Max Ernst

Nationality: Germany

Born: Paris 1891

Died: France 1976 Paris

Bio: Born in Germany in 1891. Ernst is a leading figure of Dada and Surrealist Movements; an artist with a vast range of techniques.

After his wartime service in 1918 he began to develop his own style of collages although he exhibited his first painting at the German Autumn Salon of 1913. During the early 1920's Ernst invented what was called frottage; pencil rubbings on paper and on canvas.

Ernst developed a fascination with birds and this became a recurrent theme in his work.

In 1936 Ernst met the surrealist artist Leonora Carrington and lived with her until 1940 when he was arrested by the Nazis. Carrington went to Spain hoping to obtain a visa for Ernest, but whilst there she suffered a mental breakdown. Upon his release from Prison Camp Ernest met Peggy Guggenheim who arranged for Ernst's escape from France and passage to America.

In 1942 Guggenheim and Ernst were married although it did not last and in 1956 he married Dorothea Tanning. Ernest continued living in the USA until 1953 when he returned to Paris. In 1954 he won the Venice Biennale and from this point gained some financial success.

Ernest was acquainted with Paul Klee, collaborated with Joan Miro and had a lifelong friendship with Jean Arp.

Ernst died in Paris at the age of 85 years.

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$259 Max Ernst self portrait 1909 90 x 60cm [35.4 x 23.6"] VIEW LARGE DETAIL VIEW ALL AVAILABLE SIZES	$265 Max Ernst Fish Fight 1917 55 x 80cm [21.6 x 31.5"] VIEW LARGE DETAIL VIEW ALL AVAILABLE SIZES	$255 Max Ernst Landscape with Sun, 1909 80 x 60cm [31.5 x 23.6"] VIEW LARGE DETAIL VIEW ALL AVAILABLE SIZES
$265 Max Ernst Immortality, 1913 80 x 54cm [31.5 x 21.2"] VIEW LARGE DETAIL VIEW ALL AVAILABLE SIZES	$289 Max Ernst Crucifixion, 1913 80 x 67.5cm [31.5 x 26.6"] VIEW LARGE DETAIL VIEW ALL AVAILABLE SIZES	$269 Max Ernst Ubu Imperator, 1924 81 x 65cm [31.9 x 25.6"] VIEW LARGE DETAIL VIEW ALL AVAILABLE SIZES
$329 Max Ernst Pieta, or The Revolution by Night, 1923 116 x 89cm [45.7 x 35"] VIEW LARGE DETAIL VIEW ALL AVAILABLE SIZES	$345 Max Ernst The Equivocal Women, 1923 130 x 97.5cm [51.2 x 38.4"] VIEW LARGE DETAIL VIEW ALL AVAILABLE SIZES	$295 Max Ernst The Couple, 1923 75 x 100cm [29.5 x 39.4"] VIEW LARGE DETAIL VIEW ALL AVAILABLE SIZES