Max Ernst





Max Ernst

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born
in Brühl, Germany
April 02, 1891

died
April 01, 1976

gender
male

genre


About this author

Max Ernst was a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet, considered one of the chief representatives of Dadaism and Surrealism.


Average rating: 4.30 · 1,029 ratings · 43 reviews · 61 distinct works · Similar authors
Une semaine de bonté
4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 841 ratings4 editions
The Hundred Headless Woman
4.6 of 5 stars 4.60 avg rating — 42 ratings2 editions
A Little Girl Dreams of Tak...
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4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1982 — 3 editions
Max Ernst: A Retrospective
4.54 of 5 stars 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions
Maximiliana: The Illegal Pr...
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4.75 of 5 stars 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1974
Tres novelas en imágenes
4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008
Babylon
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1927 — 4 editions
Beyond Painting: And Other ...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings2 editions
Max Ernst: Beyond Surrealis...
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3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1986
Max Ernst's Histoire Nature...
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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“When the artist finds himself he is lost. The fact that he has succeeded in never finding himself is regarded by Max Ernst as his only lasting achievement. ”
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“Creativity is that marvelous capacity to grasp mutually distinct realities and draw a spark from their juxtaposition.”
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“Art has nothing to do with taste. Art is not there to be tasted”
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