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. The number of the specific graphic print may differ from the one shown.
About the artist:
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 among the founders of Dadaism and Surrealism. In his work, he used unusual 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 thoughts on the ambiguous forms of stains on the wall, ash in the fireplace, or flowing water were one of Ernst's inspirational sources for the artistic techniques he used or invented. In his paintings, Ernst created an ambiguous, terrifying, and joyful world where 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 by Italian Renaissance painters.
Ernst is often called the "magician of surrealism." In his works, he sought ideal means to express the essence of the world of dreams and imagination, which transcends all dimensions, in two or three dimensions.
