Certified graphic print, 50x70 cm. Numbered. Certificate, handmade COTTON FABRIANO paper. License: Max Ernst Spadem Paris Copyright, stamp: S.p.a.d.e.m. Paris
About the author:
Max Ernst (1891 - 1976) was a German painter who spent a large part of his life in France and the USA. He studied art history, philosophy, and psychology; as a painter, he was self-taught. He is considered one of the founders of Dadaism and Surrealism. In his work, he used unconventional artistic techniques, some of which he invented himself. His sculptural works are also significant. He had a great influence on American art of the second half of the 20th century, especially abstract expressionism.
Max Ernst admired Leonardo da Vinci. His reflections on the ambiguous forms of stains on a wall, ashes in a fireplace, or flowing water were one of the sources of inspiration for the artistic techniques Ernst used or invented. In his paintings, Ernst created an ambiguous, terrifying, and joyful world in which everything mixes with everything: organic and inorganic, human and animal, rational and magical. His paintings are inhabited by human figures and fantastic creatures set in landscapes of Italian Renaissance painters.
Ernst is often referred to as the "magician of surrealism." In his works, he sought to find ideal means to express in two or three dimensions the essence of the world of dreams and imagination, which defies all dimensions.
