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German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet, Max Ernst was born on April 02, 1891, in Bruhl, near Cologne, Germany, to Philipp Ernst, a teacher of the deaf & amateur painter, and Luise Ernst, a German graphic artist, painter, poet, & sculptor. Max was a principal figure in 'Dada' and 'Surrealist' movements and enjoyed a startling range of styles and techniques. In 1909, Max Ernst joined the University at Bonn to study psychiatry and philosophy. He, however, quit the course the same year and took to his true calling, artistry. He had to put his art career on hold during the World War I, as he had to serve the German army.
Post war, Ernst, along with Jean Arp and social activist, Alfred Grünwald, formed the 'Cologne, Germany Dada Group.' In 1918, the artist married art historian, Luise Straus. In 1919, Ernst and Paul Klee experimented with 'mixed media.' In 1920, Ernst had a son; and the wedlock did not last long after that. Max made a series of collages, employing illustrations from medical and technical magazines to create an uncanny juxtaposition of images. In 1922, he returned to the artistic community at Montparnasse Quarter in Paris and drifted towards the 'Surrealistic' movement. Ernst completed his first 'Surrealist' painting, "Les Hommes n'en sauront rein" in 1923, which possessed all the distinct facets of the movement, such as the illusory atmosphere, the illustration of celestial phenomena, the desert landscape, and the central eroticism.
In 1925, Max pioneered a new Graphic Arts technique, 'Frottage,' wherein he would place tiles, sheets of paper, or bricks. He would then rub them with graphite to derive bizarre, obsessive shapes. Ernst usually applied a combine of these 'Frottage' designs, pooled with other techniques. In 1926, the experimental artist, in collaboration with Joan Miro, went on to pioneer the 'Grattage' (scratching the surface of a painting) and Decalcomania (pressing paint between two surfaces) techniques of art. Ernst had a strong fascination for birds. This was evident from "Loplop," a bird like character, which the artist developed and presented as his representative self. The same year Max Ernst painted his controversial, "The Virgin Chastises the infant Jesus before Three Witnesses: André Breton, Paul Éluard, and the Painter." In 1927, he married Marie-Berthe Aurenche, which is also said to be an inspirational cause towards his erotically deflected mood, as is evident in "The Kiss." In 1932, Max's first American show was held at the Julien Levy Gallery, New York, with 1934 witnessing his flair on sculpturing.
During the WWII, Max moved to the United States with Guggenheim in 1941. In 1942, the couple married, though this wedding too had a short life. All through his US stint, Max interacted with various junior artists, shared his valuable experiences, and left a deep impact & influence on the development of 'Modern Art' and 'Abstract Expressionism.' The tragic mood during the WWII is reflected in a 'Surrealistic' manner through his paintings, such as "Europe after the Rain II (1940-42)," "Day and Night (1941-42)," "The Eye of Silence (1943-44)," and "Vox Angelica (1945)." In October 1946, Max married Dorothea Tanning and the couple stayed in Arizona. In 1948, Ernst's treatise, "Beyond Painting," gained him fame and money. In 1953, the couple moved to France with the artist creating the very famous, glass made chess game, "Immortal" in 1966.
Some of the Max's valuable pieces are, "And the butterflies began to sing (1929)," "Capricorn (1948)," "Loplop (1930)," "The Robing of the Bride (1940)," "Two Children Are Threatened by a Nightingale (1924)," and "The Wood (1927)." In 1954, the competent artist won the Venice Biennale. Max Ernst died on April 01, 1976, in Paris, France, one day before his 85th birthday. He was buried in the Pere Lachaise Cemetery.
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