Max Ernst
Vingt-deux poèmes, 1978
The complete book with 22 prints byMax Bill, Alexander Calder, Giuseppe Capogrossi, Marc Chagall, …
Closely associated with Dada and Surrealism, Max Ernst made paintings, sculptures, and prints depicting fantastic, nightmarish images that often made reference to anxieties originating in childhood. Ernst demonstrated a profound interest in Freudian psychoanalysis, which is apparent in his exploration of Automatism and his invention of the Frottage technique. The artist’s psychoanalytic leanings are evident in his iconic 1923 work Pietà, or Revolution by Night, in which Ernst substitutes the image of Mary cradling the body of Christ with a depiction of the artist himself held by his father. Much of the artist’s work defied societal norms, Christian morality, and the aesthetic standards of Western academic art.
The complete book with 22 prints byMax Bill, Alexander Calder, Giuseppe Capogrossi, Marc Chagall, Otto Dix, Piero Dorazio, Max Ernst, Étienne Hajdú, Hans Hartung, Wifredo Lam, André Masson, Joan Miró,Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Serge Poliakoff, Giuseppe Santomaso, Pierre Soulages, Dorothea Tanning, Antoni Tàpies, Mark Tobey, …
Closely associated with Dada and Surrealism, Max Ernst made paintings, sculptures, and prints depicting fantastic, nightmarish images that often made reference to anxieties originating in childhood. Ernst demonstrated a profound interest in Freudian psychoanalysis, which is apparent in his exploration of Automatism and his invention of the Frottage technique. The artist’s psychoanalytic leanings are evident in his iconic 1923 work Pietà, or Revolution by Night, in which Ernst substitutes the image of Mary cradling the body of Christ with a depiction of the artist himself held by his father. Much of the artist’s work defied societal norms, Christian morality, and the aesthetic standards of Western academic art.
