With unparalleled artistic originality Max Ernst (1891-1976) transformed everything he touched.
It is a gateway into the intricate mind and world of Max Ernst..
This book is a journey through magic, vividness, and fantasy.
Continuing a career that spanned decades, in 1954 he received the Grand Prize for Painting at the Biennial in Venice.
During World War II, Ernst, like many of his colleagues, became an \'undesirable foreigner\' and was forced to emigrate; however, he returned to France after the war.
Above all, Ernst stands out for his varied style and technique, having produced an oeuvre that reaches from paintings, drawings, and sculpture, across texts and stage settings to collage novels and the development of his own \'frottage\' technique.
The closing of the famed Dada exhibit in Cologne for \'obscenity\' led Ernst to spend the rest of his life in Paris, where he came in contact with the Surrealists.
Driven by the counter-reaction to the horrors of World War I, he became a pioneer of the Dada movement.
By pushing the boundaries and breaking loose from the confined view of the culture of his time, he became one of the most important figures of Dadaism and Surrealism.
With unparalleled artistic originality Max Ernst (1891-1976) transformed everything he touched
