Max Ernst 

• 1991 
• Diehl, Gaston 
• Miscellaneous 
• Bonfini Press 

4843033

Books

Max Ernst

1991

Art, Biography

First edition

96

21.5 x 28.2 cm

0-5680-0028-5

Despite the fact that Max Ernest has long been regarded by his peers as a major traiblazer in research into the subconscious, a pioneer of oneiric art, and a prince of the kingdom of the bizarre, neither in France nor in the United States has he received the general public acclaim he deserves. Only in the past decades has this unfortunate lack of understanding finally evaporated, and his work, which has always been appreciated by a few friends and faithful collectors, is now enjoying a universal vogue, as is evidenced by numerous international exhibitions. The author of this book has already had occasion to consider similar situations, and to write studies of Picasso, Modigliani, and Pascin. Now he enthusiastically and lucidly examines the work of Max Ernst, surveying the phases in the career of this great creative artist, his major role in the flowering of a pictorial Surrealism which he initiated with the sure hand of the master, and the numerous difficulties he encountered.