Max Ernst

Allemagne · Sur la carte · Artistes · 1891 - 1976 · 84 ans

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Maximilian Maria Ernst, dit Max Ernst, né le 2 avril 1891 à Brühl dans l'Empire allemand et mort le 1er avril 1976 à Paris, est un peintre et sculpteur germano-américano-français dont l'œuvre se rattache aux mouvements dadaïste et surréaliste.

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1976Décès1er avril 1976Kaiserring de GoslarDistinction1948“A painter may know what he doesn't want. But woe be to him if he desires to know what he wants. A painter is lost if he finds himself.”Ses propres motsIn Beyond Painting, Max Ernst, 1948, p.14; as quoted in Max Ernst: a Retrospective, ed. Werner Spies & Sabine Rewald, Metropolitan MuseumLire toute la déclaration

1942“I saw a shady forest and therein a crowd of nightingales.”Ses propres motsjuin 1942text of Max Ernst's poem 'First Memorable Conversation with the Chimera', in the journal 'VVV', no. 1. New York, juin 1942, p. 17Lire toute la déclaration

“Max Ernst died the 1st of August 1914. He resuscitated the 11th of November 1918 as a young man aspiring to become a magician and to find the myth of his time.”Ses propres motsavril 1942Quote in 'Some Data on the Youth of M. E., As Told by Himself' in the w:View (avril 1942); also cited in Max Ernst and Alchemy (2001) by M.Lire toute la déclaration

1934“What is a forest? A marvelous insect. A drawing-board, what do forests do? They never go to bed early. They are waiting for the tailor. What is the high season of the forests?”Ses propres motsQuotes from: 'The mysteries of the forest' (1934), Max Ernst; published in 'Minotaure', No. 5, 1934, 'Ecritures', pp. 221, 223; as quotedLire toute la déclaration

“Are there still forests over there?”Ses propres motsQuotes from: 'The mysteries of the forest' (1934), Max Ernst; published in 'Minotaure', No. 5, 1934, 'Ecritures', pp. 221, 223; as quotedLire toute la déclaration

1923“One rainy day in Cologne on the Rhine, the catalogue of a teaching aids company caught my attention.”Ses propres mots15 octobre 1923Quote in 'Biographical Notes. Tissue of truth, Tissue of Lies', 1929; as cited in Max Ernst. A Retrospective, Munich, Prestel, 1991, p. 290Lire toute la déclaration

1891Naissance2 avril 1891

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Studies in painting: Non. He learned to express himself by means of art in the same way as the child learns to talk.
1948 · Quote in a questionnaire, Max Ernst filled out in 1948, the U.S; as cited in Max Ernst: a Retrospective, ed. Werner Spies & Sabine Rewald,, Ses propres mots
The 2nd of April (1891) at 9:45 a.m.
avril 1942 · Quote in 'Some Data on the Youth of M. E., As Told by Himself', in the View (avril 1942); also quoted in Max Ernst and Alchemy (2001) by M., Ses propres mots
But it is of the past, it seems to me. Perhaps.. .Man and the nightingales were in the most favourable situation for imagining: for them the forest was a perfect dream-conductor..
1934 · Quotes from: 'The mysteries of the forest' (1934), Max Ernst; published in 'Minotaure', No. 5, 1934, 'Ecritures', pp. 221, 223; as quoted, Ses propres mots