Max ErnstMax Ernst - The Soldier - Original Lithograph1972
1972
About the Item
- Creator:Max Ernst (1891-1976, American, German, French)
- Creation Year:1972
- Dimensions:Height: 15.75 in (40 cm)Width: 11.82 in (30 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU16122354583
Max Ernst
Born in Germany in 1891, later naturalized as an American, then a French citizen, Max Ernst was a pioneer in the Dada and Surrealist movements, the boundaries of which he pushed with his unconventional methods of printmaking, drawing and collage.
Ernst had no formal art training — and that may have been his greatest asset. He produced his first work following four years serving in World War I. At the time, he was in Cologne, Germany, working closely with fellow Dada pioneers Jean Arp and Johannes Baargeld. His output during this period consisted largely of collages, which allowed him to represent the shards, rubble and explosions from his traumatic wartime experience.
In 1922, Ernst moved to France, where he soon became affiliated with Surrealism, the avant-garde art movement taking shape in Paris. Alongside Man Ray, Joan Miró and a couple of others, Ernst was among the first visual artists to experiment with imagery and techniques associated with Surrealism.
Ernst’s greatest contribution to the Surrealist movement was his invention of frottage (French for “rubbing”), wherein an artist rubs a pencil or crayon over a paper atop a textured surface, and later grattage (French for “scraping”), where a similar technique is applied with paint. Both methods showcase Ernst’s fascination with the unconscious and serendipitous elements of artistic creation, a theme that connected the Dadaists and the Surrealists. Ernst had deep knowledge of psychoanalysis and Sigmund Freud’s dream theories, which were big influences on Surrealists. He was among the first Surrealists to use Freud’s work to examine his own creative impulses. He also published a series of books of his collages, all of which were deeply symbolic and often philosophical.
When Germany occupied France during World War II, Ernst escaped to America with the help of patron and collector Peggy Guggenheim, whom he married in 1941. While living in New York, Ernst’s work and techniques proved instrumental in inspiring the early development of Abstract Expressionism — influencing Robert Motherwell and Jackson Pollock in particular. He later moved to Sedona, Arizona, where he lived with his fourth wife, Dorothea Tanning, a fellow Surrealist and prolific visual artist and poet.
While Ernst and Tanning are largely responsible for Sedona’s reputation as an artist colony, they relocated to France in the 1950s and remained until Ernst’s death in Paris in 1976.
Find original Max Ernst art on 1stDibs.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, Switzerland
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 7 days of delivery.
- Max Ernst - The Soldier - Original LithographBy Max ErnstLocated in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CHMax Ernst (1891-1976) Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, La Ballade du Soldat, Pierre Chave, Vence, 1972 Colour lithographs on Arches paper 1972 Dimensions: 40 x 30 cm Reference: Spies &...Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
- Max Ernst - The Soldier - Original LithographBy Max ErnstLocated in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CHMax Ernst (1891-1976) Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, La Ballade du Soldat, Pierre Chave, Vence, 1972 Colour lithographs on Arches paper 1972 Edition : 199 Dimensions: 40 x 30 cm Refe...Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Max Ernst - The Soldier - Original LithographBy Max ErnstLocated in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CHMax Ernst (1891-1976) Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, La Ballade du Soldat, Pierre Chave, Vence, 1972 Colour lithographs on Arches paper 1972 Dimensions: 40 x 30 cm Reference: Spies &...Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
- Paul Jouve (after) - Tiger - Original EngravingBy Paul JouveLocated in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CHPaul Jouve (after) - Tiger - Engraving 19 x 14 cm Editions Rombaldi, Paris, 1950. Copy on velin creme de Rives Copper engraving heightened with pochoir.Category
1950s Modern Animal Prints
MaterialsEngraving
- Max Ernst - The Soldier - Original LithographBy Max ErnstLocated in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CHMax Ernst (1891-1976) Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, La Ballade du Soldat, Pierre Chave, Vence, 1972 Colour lithographs on Arches paper 1972 Edition : 199 Dimensions: 40 x 30 cm Refe...Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Max Ernst - The Soldier - Original LithographBy Max ErnstLocated in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CHMax Ernst (1891-1976) Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, La Ballade du Soldat, Pierre Chave, Vence, 1972 Colour lithographs on Arches paper 1972 Dimensions: 40 x 30 cm Reference: Spies &...Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
- Composition with Monkeys - Etching by Thomas Landseer - 19th CenturyBy Thomas LandseerLocated in Roma, ITComposition with Monkeys is an original artwork realized by Thomas Landseer (1795-1880) in the middle of the 19th century. Original etching. Good condition. Draughtsman and printmaker, chiefly of animal and satirical subjects. Eldest son of the engraver John George Landseer. Studied with his brothers Charles and Edwin under Benjamin Robert Haydon, alongside Thomas Bewick...Category
19th Century Modern Figurative Prints
MaterialsEtching
- Storks and Flamingos - Original Woodcut by Unknown French ArtistLocated in Roma, ITStorks And Flamingos is an impressive original black and white xylograph on paper realized by Anonymous artist in the XX Century. Including white cardboard passepartout, cm 49 x 69...Category
Early 20th Century Modern Animal Prints
MaterialsWoodcut, Watercolor
- The Tiger - Original Lithograph by Emile Henri Laporte - 1860By Emile Henri LaporteLocated in Roma, ITThe Tiger is an original modern artwork realized in 1860 by the French artist Emile Henri Laporte (1841 - 1919). Original colored Lithograph on paper. Han...Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Lunch - Original Etching by Jean Boudal - Mid-20th CenturyLocated in Roma, ITLunch is an original contemporary artwork realized by the French artist Jean Boudal. Original etching on ivory paper. Mint conditions. With the stamp of the artist on the lower r...Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Prints
MaterialsEtching
- The Physiognomy - The Insects - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810By Thomas HollowayLocated in Roma, ITThe Physiognomy - The Insects is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the...Category
1810s Modern Figurative Prints
MaterialsEtching
- The Child and the Monkey - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810By Thomas HollowayLocated in Roma, ITThe Child and the Monkey is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love...Category
1810s Modern Figurative Prints
MaterialsEtching