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Max Ernst

Originally a Dada activist in Germany, Max Ernst (1891-1976) became one of the early adherents of the Surrealist circle. Before adhering to Surrealism, Ernst searched every means to attain the sense of the psychic in his art. He also started creating paintings that showed the mysterious dreamlike effect of his collages. Much of the power of Surrealist works begins with the viewer’s unexpected awareness of the incompatibility and absurdity of what the artist pictured.


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Born 1891
Hometown Brühl, Germany
Permanent Collection

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy

Reina Sofía National Museum, Madrid, Spain

Tate Gallery, London, England

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain

SHOWS

Galerie Ludorff

Düsseldorf
Sep 28 2018 - Mar 30 2019

New Acquisitions Autumn 2018

Bétonsalon - Centre d'art et de recherche

Paris
Sep 14 2016 - Nov 05 2016

Anywhere But Here

Jeanne Bucher Jaeger

Paris
Sep 10 2016 - Nov 12 2016

Dialogue VIII
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