Title: L'été imaginaire (1927), 2008
Artist: Max Ernst
Year: 2018
Medium Type: Poster | Poster on paper
Frame: Unframed

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Max Ernst
German, 1891–1976

A pioneer of both Dada and Surrealism, Max Ernst channeled psychological intricacies and societal anxieties into his fantastical paintings, prints, drawings, collages, and sculptures. The sense of a vast, personal mythology transcends all of his work. The artist used automatism to tap into his subconscious; the process yielded figures that blend elements of humans and animals. Ernst enrolled at the University of Bonn in 1909 to study liberal arts. Over the course of the next few decades, he served in World War I, embraced Dada collage while living in Cologne, participated in the Surrealist movement in Paris, and fled the continent for the United States in 1941. His work reflects such early 20th-century creative developments and upheavals. Ernst’s work has been the subject of exhibitions at institutions including the Centre Pompidou, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Kunsthaus Zürich, and Moderna Museet. In 1954, he was awarded the grand prize for painting at the Venice Biennale.

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