MAX ERNST
WHO IS HE?
Max Ernst was a German surrealist artist. Known for his shocking and dreamlike imagery he liked to mock social conventions. This was
mainly due to the trauma he suffered as a first world war soldier. He used sculpture, painting, drawing and collage to convey his ideas.
Ernst didnt receive formal art training and apart from being taught painting by his father was a self taught artist. He instead attended
the University of Bonn, he studied philosophy and abnormal psychology, which influenced his art. When he returned from War he lead the Dada Movement. In 1919 he started his first collages turning mundane objects into amazing works of art. He then later on in 1924
started working towards the surrealism movement.
KEY IDEAS
Ernst questioned and challenged art his work often included no clear narrative.
He was interested in art of the mentally ill.
He applied Sigmund Freud's dream theories to his work.
INFLUENCES
Other Artists
Andr Masson
Paul Klee
Marcel
Duchamp
Yves Tanguy
Hans Arp
Friends
Andr Breton
Paul Eluard
Movements
Dada
Surrealism
1911
1916
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1923
1924
1925
1927
1937
1941
1943
RESOURCES
Books
Max Ernst Dada and the Dawn of Surrealism
Web
http://www.saylor.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ARTH208-4.5.3-Max-Ernst.pdf
http://www.theartstory.org/artist-ernst-max.htm
http://biography.yourdictionary.com/max-ernst